Chunnu Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25940 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-155 Year-2026 Thana- SAHEBGANJ District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Chunnu Paswan S/O Heera Paswan R/O Village - Rajwara, P.S- Sahebganj, District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Yugal Kishore, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Kanhiya Kishor, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 24-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2022.
3. The allegation in the First Information Report is that 70.020 litres of foreign liquor has been recovered from a Wagon-R vehicle bearing Registration No.BR01AX1870.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is neither the owner of the vehicle nor has any concern with the seized vehicle. There is no recovery from personal or conscious possession of the petitioner. The name of the petitioner has transpired on the basis of vague identification made by the local Chaukidar.
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5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that the petitioner has three criminal antecedents out of which one antecedent is of similar nature. However, in response it has been submitted that the petitioner is on bail in all cases.
6. Petitioner has offered to deposit a sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) in Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna, bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC Code: PUNB0141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.
7. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, 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 below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Sahebganj P.S. Case No. 155 of 2026, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C/ Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, subject to condition(s) that: (i) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother,
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(ii) The petitioner shall co-operate with the investigation, if not already concluded and make himself available as and when so required, failing which the prosecution will be at liberty to move cancellation of his bail bond.
8. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of the aforesaid amount in the account of Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna.
(Soni Shrivastava, J) anand/- U T