Mithun Bin @ Mithun Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8729 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-157 Year-2024 Thana- VISHAMBHARPUR District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Mithun Bin @ Mithun Kumar Uga Bin @ Ugam Mahato Resident of villageVishambharpur, P.S.- Vishambharpur, District- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Arvind Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Pradeep Narain Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 07-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Vishambharpur P.S. Case No. 157 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 126 litres of country made liquor was recovered from two motorcycles.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged against him and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner has no knowledge and concern with the alleged recovery. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8729 of 2025(2) dt.07-02-2025 2/2 possession of the petitioner. It is submitted that motorcycles in question do not belong to the petitioner. It is further submitted that apprehended co-accused person disclosed the name of the petitioner. The petitioner has one criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of B.N.S.S. Other co-accused has been granted regular bail passed by this Court vide order dated 16.01.2025 in Cr. Misc. No. 89888 of 2024.

5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the rival submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or 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.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Vishambharpur P.S. Case No. 157 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S. (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Raj Ranjan/- U T