Mukul Kumar @ A. J. v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30505 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-234 Year-2020 Thana- SHRIKRISHNAPURI District- Patna ====================================================== Mukul Kumar @ A. J. Son of Madan Mohan Singh R/o- House No.- 84, Punaichak, P.S.- Shastrinagar, District - Patna, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Arun Bharti, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Kanhiya Kishor, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 18-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State through virtual mode.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Shrikrishnapuri P.S. Case No. 234 of 2020 for the offence under section 279 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act lodged on 15.09.2020 by the informant, Laldhari Yadav.

3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that a motorcycle coming from AN College area was signaled to stop. It tried to escape but the Police apprehended it. The person apprehended gave the name as Vikram Pal and the person sitting was Kishan Kumar Prajapati. Upon search, 375 ml of English liquor recovered/seized. Upon investigation, they gave the name of the person from whom the purchase took place and in that background, the name of the petitioner cropped up. This led to the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30505 of 2026(2) dt.18-05-2026 2/2 FIR.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he was not present at the place of occurrence nor anything has been recovered from his conscious possession.

5. Learned APP opposes the prayer submitting that he is the person who was selling the liquor. Further, a perusal of the paragraph-3 would show that he has criminal antecedent of the same nature and altogether, he is involved in five criminal cases and the present matter is of the year 2020 and he has come before this Court belatedly six years later.

6. Taking into account the submissions of the parties as also the facts that have come up, no case of anticipatory bail is made out.

7. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application stands rejected.

8. If, however, the petitioner surrenders within four weeks, the concerned Court shall take up the matter and dispose it of preferably on the same day.

(Rajiv Roy, J) Adnan/- U T