Bittu Kushwaha @ Pritam Kumar @ Bitu Kushwaha v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8236 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-265 Year-2024 Thana- ITARHI District- Buxar ====================================================== Bittu Kushwaha @ Pritam Kumar @ Bitu Kushwaha S/o Bihari Singh R/o Village- Itarhi, P.S- Itarhi, District- Buxar ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ramakant Yadav, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mrs. Meena Singh, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-03-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per prosecution case, 72 litres foreign liquor was recovered from the car bearing registration No. DL 8CBB 4359.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner and he has been made accused only on suspicion. Petitioner is neither driver nor owner of the vehicle in question. Petitioner has got one criminal antecedent of similar nature in which he is on bail.
5. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8236 of 2025(2) dt.06-03-2025 2/2 let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge-1, Buxar in connection with Itarhi P. S. Case No. 265 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T