Karan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19085 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-697 Year-2025 Thana- RAHUI District- Nalanda ====================================================== Karan Kumar S/o Vinod Yadav R/o Village- Chhatarpur, P.S.- Noorsarai, District- Nalanda (owner of Glamour Motorcycle bearing Registration No. BR01EG4090) ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Lakshmi Kant Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 31-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The accused-petitioner, not named in the F.I.R., is apprehending his arrest in connection with Rahui (Bhagan Bigha) P.S. Case No. 697 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2022.

3. As per FIR, total eight (8) liters of illicit liquor was alleged to be recovered from the motorcycle bearing Registration No. BR01EG-4090, which alleged to be owned by this petitioner.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that petitioner in good faith had given

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19085 of 2026(2) dt.31-03-2026 2/3 his motorcycle to one co-villager/friend namely, Muskan Kumar, who was carrying illicit liquor on the aforesaid motorcycle without giving knowledge to him. It is submitted that admittedly recovered illicit liquor was not found from conscious physical possession of this petitioner. Petitioner claimed clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. In view of the aforesaid factual submissions and by taking note of the fact as prima facie recovery of illicit liquor not appears to be made from conscious physical possession of this petitioner, who is a man of clean antecedent, accordingly, above-named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from this order, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing of bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, Excise - IInd, Biharsharif, Nalanda/concerned court in connection with Rahui (Bhagan Bigha) P.S. Case No. 697 of 2025, subject to the conditions

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19085 of 2026(2) dt.31-03-2026 3/3 as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C/Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (in short "B.N.S.S.").

(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J) Rajeev/- U T