Lalan Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14968 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-462 Year-2024 Thana- TARAIYA District- Saran ====================================================== Lalan Rai Son of Gulab Chandra Rai Resident of Village- Sanahwara, P.S.- Ishuwapur, Distt.- Saran at Chapra ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr.Alok Kumar Alok, Advocate For the Opposite Party :

Mr.Khurshid Anwar, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30a of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. Prosecution case is that 5964 liters illicit liquor has been recovered from a truck and petitioner managed to flee away from the spot.

4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and he has falsely been implicated in this case on suspicion. Petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the vehicle seized on the spot. Petitioner has got only one criminal antecedent of similar nature.

5. Considering the facts of the case, this pre-arrest bail petition is allowed. In the event of arrest/surrender within

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14968 of 2025(2) dt.07-04-2025 2/2 six weeks from today, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Exclusive Special Excise Judge, Saran at Chapra in Taraiya Police Station Case No. 462 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Shashi U T