Bipin Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20779 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-264 Year-2024 Thana- SINGHWARA District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Bipin Kumar Son of Umakant Mishra Resident of Village -Kaligaon, Police Station- Singhwara District -Darbhanga ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Nilendu Kumar Choudhary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Yogendra Kumar, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per prosecution case, total 989.70 litres illicit liquor was recovered from pickup van bearing registration No. UP16ET6473.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner is neither driver nor owner of the vehicle in question and he has been made accused only on suspicion. Petitioner has got two criminal antecedents out of which one is of similar nature in which he is on bail.
5. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20779 of 2025(2) dt.23-04-2025 2/2 of the case, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Exclusive Special Judge-II (Excise Act), Darbhanga in connection with Singhwara P. S. Case No. 264 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T