Mantu Yadav @ Karan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23660 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-94 Year-2026 Thana- VISHNUPAD District- Gaya ====================================================== Mantu Yadav @ Karan Kumar S/o Durga Yadav Resident of VillageMaranpur near Shyamli Acadmy, P.S.- Vishnupad, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Mukul Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Fahimuddin, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 22-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case in connection with Vishnupad P.S. Case No. 94 of 2026 dated 23.02.2026 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 32(iii) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 30 litres of illicit liquor was recovered from the motorcycle in which there was 18 litres of foreign liquor and 12 litres of beer.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is not the owner of the seized motorcycle in question and the same belongs to one Mithun Yadav. Petitioner was not arrested from the spot. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that from the FIR itself, it is clear that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23660 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 2/2 the informant came to know secretly from the persons that the person who fled away from the place of occurrence was the petitioner himself, although in fact no name of person has been mentioned but only to save their skin as the petitioner was made accused in one another case earlier, the informant has falsely alleged this allegation against the petitioner. It has further been submitted that petitioner has got one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Heard the parties and perused the record, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Gaya in connection with Vishnupad P.S. Case No. 94 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Praveen Kumar, J) shivam/- U T