Arun Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24608 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-190 Year-2025 Thana- RAMPUR HARI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Arun kumar Son of Kamal Prasad Kushwaha @ Kamal Bhagat Resident of village - Kalyanpur Harauna Mursandi, ps- Motipur, Dist- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Sagar Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms.Indu Kumari Srivastava, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 08-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Rampurhari P.S. Case No. 190 of 2025 registered for the offence under Sections 30(a), 32(ii) and 41(i) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, two CNG Tempos loaded with foreign liquor were intercepted near Jhapha-Minapur Road by the police. Upon seeing the police, 3-4 persons fled, one was caught and 506.880 litres of illicit foreign liquor was seized.
4. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in this case. It is next submitted that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24608 of 2026(2) dt.08-05-2026 2/3 petitioner is the owner of one of the CNG tempo and has no knowledge about the alleged contraband loaded in his tempo. Petitioner has clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts, this application is allowed.
7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the concerned Court below within four weeks from today, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Judge, Excise II, Muzaffarpur / concerned Court below in connection with Rampurhari P.S. Case No. 190 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 482 of the BNSS.
8. This is also subject to the condition that the petitioner shall deposit an amount of Rs. 25,000/- in Ramkrishna Mission Ashrama, Bela, Muzaffarpur and produce the receipt of the same before the Court below. The
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24608 of 2026(2) dt.08-05-2026 3/3 bail bonds of the petitioner shall be accepted after verifying the genuineness of the receipt produced by the petitioner. (Sandeep Kumar, J) tusharika/- U T