Vikash Kumar @ Bikash Kumar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4884 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-425 Year-2025 Thana- PURNEA SADAR District- Purnia ====================================================== Vikash Kumar @ Bikash Kumar Yadav Son of Nagi Yadav Resident of Village - Khushkibagh Chauhan Tola, , P.O.- Gulabagh, P.S.- Sadar, DistrictPurnea ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr .Dr. Bidhu Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Nazir Ansari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 30-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Purnea Sadar P.S. Case No. 425/2025 instituted for the offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 351 litres of liquor was recovered from pick-up vehicle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. Learned counsel further submitted that petitioner is not the owner of the alleged vehicle. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. The other co-accused person

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4884 of 2026(2) dt.30-01-2026 2/2 has already been granted bail by this court vide order dated 27.11.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 81425/2025. Learned counsel, therefore, submitted that prima-facie, no case is made out against the petitioner. The petitioner has four criminal antecedents out of which only one case is related to Excise Act. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Purnea Sadar P.S. Case No. 425/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) atul/- U T