Rajesh Kumar Gupta @ Rajesh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32806 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-57 Year-2025 Thana- MANJHI District- Saran ====================================================== Rajesh Kumar Gupta @ Rajesh Kumar S/o Nand Kishore Gupta Resident of village- Gola Bazar, Parbejabad, Police Station- Sonepur, District- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms.Mili Kumari, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Kalyan Shankar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 15-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Manjhi P.S. Case No. 57 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act.

3. As per prosecution case, the police has recovered total 180.90 liters of illicit liquor from the Tempo.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged against him and has falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioner was neither apprehended on spot nor anything incriminating has been recovered from his conscious possession.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32806 of 2025(2) dt.15-05-2025 2/3 The petitioner is the owner of the alleged Tempo and was not aware of the illicit liquor being kept in the same. The petitioner has one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail as has been stated in paragraph no.3 of the present anticipatory bail application. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged occurrence or the seized liquor. There is a non-compliance of Section 103 of the B.N.S.S. which creates a serious doubt in the prosecution case.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the co-accused persons have been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 28.03.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 18826 of 2025.

6. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

7. Considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case and taking into account the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, let the petitioner abovenamed, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32806 of 2025(2) dt.15-05-2025 3/3 the case is pending/successor court in connection with Manjhi P.S. Case No. 57 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) rishi/- U T