PREM PASWAN v. The State of Bihar
Case at a glance
- Bench
- ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Provisions considered
- Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018 ss. 30(a), 32(2)
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 s. 438(2)
Judgment
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : For the Opposite Party/s : ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA Mr.Brij Nandad Prasad Mr.Bishweshwar Ram ORAL ORDER 3 11-10-2023
Heard the parties.
The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Barahat PS Case No. 28 of 2023 dated 02.02.2023 registered under Section 30 (a) / 32 (2) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2018.
As per the First Information Report the Police upon secret information that petitioner is carrying illicit liquor, arrived at the place of occurrence and it is alleged that upon seeing the Police party the petitioner fled away after leaving the motorcycle from where 05 liters of Mahua Desi liquor has been recovered.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case with oblique motive. The liquor in question has not been recovered in presence of the petitioner inasmuch as the same has been Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47242 of 2023(3) dt.11-10-2023 recovered from a motorcycle which was standing in an abandoned condition outside the house of the petitioner and the petitioner was not aware about the illicit liquor having been kept in the motorcycle.
Regard being had to the submissions made by the parties, taking into consideration the fact that petitioner has been made accused on the basis of his being the owner of the vehicle and the liquor in question has not been recovered in his presence, as such, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
Let the petitioner, above named, be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional District & Sessions Judge – II, Banka in connection with Barahat P.S. Case No. 28 of 2023 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. praful/- U T (Anil Kumar Sinha, J)
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