Sablu Kumar @ Bablu v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15459 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-734 Year-2025 Thana- HISUWA District- Nawada ====================================================== Sablu Kumar @ Bablu S/O Kapil Yadav Resident of Village- Rajbigha, P.S.- Hisua, District- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Man Mohan Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nityanand Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 12-03-2026 Heard Mr. Man Mohan Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Nityanand Tiwary, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Hisua P.S. Case No. 734 of 2025, registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 145 liters liquor was recovered from tempo.

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 submits that the petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the tempo in question. Name of the petitioner has transpired in this case on the basis of confessional statement made by co-accused, namely, Vikram Kumar and the same has got no evidentiary

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15459 of 2026(2) dt.12-03-2026 2/2 value. Learned counsel for the petitioner, therefore, contends that prima-facie, no case is made out against the petitioner. The petitioner has got two criminal antecedents. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that other co-accused has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 27.01.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 4234 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 Hisua P.S. Case No. 734 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