IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.80335 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-214 Year-2024 Thana- LALGANJ District- Vaishali ====================================================== Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Singh Son of Jit Narayan Singh Resident of village- Rohana, Rohna, PS and District -Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shanti Bhushan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Nirala, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 3 23-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 30(a)/ 32(2)/ 41(1) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018(Amended Act). 3. Altogether 3013.20 liters of illigal I.M.F. liquor is said to have been recovered from the Ashok Leyland truck bearing Registration No. UP56AT-3905. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner. He no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. He was not apprehended Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80335 of 2024(3) dt.23-01-2025 2/3 on the spot and he has been made accused in this case on the basis of suspicion. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent in similar nature of offence as mentioned in para 3 of the bail application and has been languishing in jail since 04.10.2024 5. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.50,000.00 (Rupees Fifty Thousand) in the account of Lawyers’ Association Welfare Benevolent Fund, bearing Account No. 7801893276, IFSC Code: IDIB000L501, Indian Bank, LNMI Branch, Bailey Road, Patna. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of this case, the above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/the Successor Court, in connection with Lalganj P.S. Case No. 214 of 2024, with the following conditions: (i) That one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner. (ii) The bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80335 of 2024(3) dt.23-01-2025 3/3 inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of anticipatory bail on the ground of misuse. 7. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of aforesaid amount in the account of Lawyers’ Association Welfare Benevolent Fund, Patna. priyanka/- (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) U T