Satya Prakash Verma @ S.P v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27470 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-142 Year-2025 Thana- HISUWA District- Nawada ====================================================== Satya Prakash Verma @ S.P S/O Vidya Yadav @ Vidya Nand Prasad R/O Village- Kendua,P.S- Hisua, 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. Jagdhar Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 07-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Hisua P.S. Case No. 142 of 2025, dated 09.03.2025, lodged under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.

3. As per the prosecution, total recovery of 45 litres of illicit liquor has been made, which is the subject matter of the present case.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Counsel for the petitioner further submits that nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner, rather the recovery has been made from a wheat field, which is an open place. Counsel further submits that the criminal antecedent of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27470 of 2025(2) dt.07-05-2025 2/2 the petitioner is not clean, as there are four criminal cases pending against the petitioner.

5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the criminal antecedent of the petitioner is not clean.

6. In the present facts and circumstances, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected.

7. It is directed to the petitioner to surrender before the Trial Court within a period of 4 weeks from today. In case, the petitioner surrenders within four weeks, then the Trial Court is directed to pass order on his surrender-cum-bail application on the same day without being prejudice that the anticipatory bail of the petitioner has been rejected by this Court and the Trial Court shall pass order on the merit of this case considering that whether the ingredients of Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act has been taken in this case or not. (Dr. Anshuman, J.) Aman Kumar/- U T