Anuj Kumar @ Anuj Kumar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25974 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-887 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Nawada ====================================================== Anuj Kumar @ Anuj Kumar Yadav S/O Vijay Yadav VILLAGE- Bajwatari, P.S. - Rajauli, DISTRICT- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Aslam Ansari, 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.
3. The allegation in the First Information Report is that 85 litres of country made liquor has been recovered from a motorcycle.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has no concern with the said motorcycle or with the seized liquor. The name of the petitioner has come on the basis of disclosure made by the apprehended person that it was the petitioner who gave motorcycle and liquor to deliver, however, there is no independent witness to the search and seizure.
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5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that the petitioner has two criminal antecedents of similar nature. However, in response it has been submitted that the petitioner is on bail in both the cases.
6. Petitioner has offered to deposit a sum of Rs.3,000/- (Rupees Three 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 Nawada Excise P.S. Case No. 887 of 2025, 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 the condition(s) that: (i) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister.
(ii) The petitioner shall co-operate with the
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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