Arfin Shahbaz @ Md Shahbaz Alam v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16109 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-436 Year-2025 Thana- DAGARUA District- Purnia ====================================================== Arfin Shahbaz @ Md Shahbaz Alam son of Md Mukhtar @ Mukhtar Resident Of Mohalla- Harerampur, Harintor, Ps- Baisi, Dist- Purnea ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ram Prawesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 12-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Dagarua PS Case No. 436 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 202.860 litres of liquor was recovered from tractor.

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 as being owner of the tractor in question. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. The petitioner has five (5)

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16109 of 2026(2) dt.12-03-2026 2/2 criminal antecedents, but not of the Excise Act. 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. Other co-accused has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 19.01.2026, passed in Cr. Misc. No. 3001 of 2026.

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 Dagarua PS Case No. 436 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Raj Kishore/- U T