Kaushal Kumar Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6679 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-40 Year-2024 Thana- LAUKAHI District- Madhubani ====================================================== Kaushal Kumar Thakur S/O Ganesh Kumar Thakur @ Ganesh Thakur R/O Village- Gosai Tol, P.S- Rajnagar, District- Madhubani. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Sharda Kumari, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 04-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

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The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Laukahi P.S. Case No. 40 of 2024, instituted for the offences under Sections 272, 273, 414/34 of the I.P.C. and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3.

The prosecution case, in short, is that total 126 litres of liquor was recovered from motorcycle. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. The name of the petitioner transpired in this case on the basis of disclosure made by apprehended person. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. The petitioner has two criminal antecedents. The name of the petitioner has

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6679 of 2026(2) dt.04-02-2026 2/2 transpired as being owner of the vehicle in question and he has no knowledge regarding the goods loaded on the vehicle. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Learned counsel for the petitioner, therefore, contends that prima-facie no case is made out against the petitioner.

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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/- (Fifteen thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Laukahi P.S. Case No. 40 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

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