Sachin Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14443 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-207 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- East Champaran ====================================================== SACHIN KUMAR S/o Upendra Rai Resident of village- Bakhari Khajuri, PS - Dhaka, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Pradeep Narain Kumar, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 25-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 207 of 2025, instituted for the offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3.

The prosecution case, in short, is that total 846 litres of liquor was recovered from eight plastic sacs. 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 secret information due to village politics. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. The petitioner has two criminal antecedents. There is no compliance of Section

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14443 of 2026(2) dt.25-02-2026 2/2 103 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.

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 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 Excise P.S. Case No. 207 of 2025, 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