Raja Singh @ Raja Babu @ Rahul Raj Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29348 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-58 Year-2026 Thana- ROHTAS District- Rohtas ====================================================== Raja Singh @ Raja Babu @ Rahul Raj Singh S/o Akhaldev Singh R/o vill - Samahuta, P.S.- Rohtas, Distt.- Rohtas, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shailesh Kumar Singh, Adv.

:

Mr. Rajnish Ranjay, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Jai Narain Thakur, App.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 07-05-2026

1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Rohtas Police Station Case No. 58 of 2026, disclosing offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.

3. The prosecution case is that on 01.03.2026, acting upon secret information, the police intercepted a fourwheeler allegedly being used by Aryan Singh and Raja Babu (petitioner) for transportation and sale of liquor. The accused persons allegedly escaped from the spot taking advantage of darkness. Upon search of the seized vehicle, the police recovered 201.900 litres of country-made liquor from the boot

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29348 of 2026(2) dt.07-05-2026 2/3 space, leading to registration of the present FIR.

4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to village politics and local enmity. The petitioner was neither present at the place of occurrence nor had any knowledge of the alleged incident. It is next submitted that no incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and that he was neither driving the seized vehicle nor has any connection with the seized vehicle or the alleged illicit liquor.

5. Having regard to the submissions made on behalf of the parties and taking into consideration the fact that police on the basis of secret information implicated the petitioner and petitioner is not the owner of the alleged seized vehicle from where the illicit liquor has been recovered, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail.

6. This application is, accordingly, allowed.

7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, 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 learned Excise Special Judge, Excise-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29348 of 2026(2) dt.07-05-2026 3/3 2, Sasaram, Rohtas (Bihar), in connection with Rohtas Police Station Case No. 58 of 2026, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023.

(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) HarshPandey/- U T