Yogesh Kumar @ Yogesh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20650 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-648 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Siwan ====================================================== Yogesh Kumar @ Yogesh S/o- Anand Prakash Resident of Village - Jharkhand Mahadev Mandir, Queens Road, 46, Prempura Vaishali Nagar, P.S. Jaipur Town, District- Jaipur, Rajasthan ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bijay Prakash Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Indu Kumari Srivastava, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 17-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Siwan Excise P.S. Case No. 648 of 2025, registered under Sections 30(a) and 32(3) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 151.5 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 submits that the petitioner was not present at the spot. Name of the petitioner has transpired in this case as being owner of the car in question and he has got no knowledge with regard to the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20650 of 2026(2) dt.17-07-2026 2/2 nature of goods were carried in his vehicle. Learned counsel for the petitioner, therefore, contends that prima-facie, no case is made out against the petitioner. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that co-accused has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 25.11.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 79731 of 2025. 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 Siwan Excise P.S. Case No. 648 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