Pintu Rai @ Pintu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9963 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-692 Year-2024 Thana- SONEPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Pintu Rai @ Pintu Kumar Son of Krishna Rai Resident of Village - Baburbani, P.S. - Sonepur, District - Saran at Chapra (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dewendra Narayan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-04-2025 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 Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per prosecution case, 135 liters illicit liquor was recovered from the bank of Ganga river.

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 in this case only on suspicion. Recovery has been made from an open place, accessible to one and all.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the petitioner has got two criminal antecedents of similar nature.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9963 of 2025(2) dt.16-04-2025 2/2

6. Considering the criminal antecedents of similar nature, prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is refused. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T