Md. Yakub v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29277 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-15 Year-2026 Thana- Araria Sangram District- Madhubani ====================================================== Md. Yakub S/O Kadi Nat R/O Village- Islampur, P.S- Jhanjharpur, District - Madhubani.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Rana Randhir Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 06-05-2026

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 Arariya Sangram Police Station Case No. 15 of 2026, dated 24.02.2026, disclosing offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. That the prosecution case, in brief, is that during vehicle checking on secret information that the petitioner is going towards Jhanjharpur with Swift Dezire car carrying illicit liquor. When signed to stop, the driver of the said car succeeded in fleeing away after abandoning the vehicle. Upon search from the vehicle, total 225 litres of Nepali country-made liquor was recovered and vehicle was seized, bearing no. BR01-BH-3157.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29277 of 2026(2) dt.06-05-2026 2/3

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to oblique motive and on the basis of secret information. He next submits that the vehicle, in question, does not belong to the petitioner and illicit liquor has not been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner and/or vehicle belonging to him. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent.

5. Regards being had to the submission advanced by learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the fact that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and he is not the owner of the vehicle from where 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 Exclusive Court Special Judge Excise, Jhanjharpur, Madhubani, in connection with Arariya Sangram Police Station Case No. 15 of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29277 of 2026(2) dt.06-05-2026 3/3 2026, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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