Anil Kumar Mehta @ Anil Mehta v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11062 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-89 Year-2025 Thana- RATANPUR District- Supaul ====================================================== Anil Kumar Mehta @ Anil Mehta Son of Ratan Lal Mehta Resident of village - Lalmanpatti, Ward No. 14, Police Station - Ratanpura, District - Supaul ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Arun, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Amitesh Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 13-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Ratanpur P.S. Case No. 89 of 2025, registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 315 liters liquor was recovered from car.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned counsel for the petitioner also submitted that the petitioner has got no concern with the car in question. Name of the petitioner has transpired in this case on the basis of confessional statement made by co-accused person and the same has got no evidentiary value. Learned counsel for

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11062 of 2026(2) dt.13-02-2026 2/2 the petitioner, therefore, contends that prima-facie, no case is made out against the petitioner. The petitioner has got one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that other co-accused have been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 02.02.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 5699 of 2026. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarik 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, 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 Ratanpur P.S. Case No. 89 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

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