Ankit Kumar @ Ankit Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34467 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-107 Year-2026 Thana- PANAPUR District- Saran ====================================================== 1.

Ankit Kumar @ Ankit Singh S/o Ranjan Singh @ Rajnikant Singh R/o Village - Dubauli, P.S.- Panapur, District - Saran. 2.

Sumit Kumar S/o Sudama Singh R/o Village - Khajuri, P.S.- Panapur, District - Saran ... ... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Prasoon Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Suman Kumari Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 19-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. This application for anticipatory bail arises out of Panapur P.S. Case No. 107 of 2026, registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the allegation, 144 liters of foreign liquor was recovered from a bamboo orchard. The allegation against the petitioners is that the petitioners were allegedly the persons having fled away from the place of occurrence and the said fact was disclosed by the local villagers.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners have been made accused at the instance of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34467 of 2026(2) dt.19-05-2026 2/2 local persons, inimical to him. It has further been submitted that the bamboo orchard does not belong to the petitioners and is an open space accessible to all. The procedure of search and seizure as prescribed under Sections 103 and 105 BNSS have not been followed. It has lastly been submitted that the petitioners have clean antecedent.

5. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer of anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

6. Heard the parties and perused the record.

7. Considering the facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, in the event of his arrest/surrender within six weeks from today in the Court below, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge, 2nd Court, Saran at Chapra, in connection with Panapur P.S. Case No. 107 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita. (Praveen Kumar, J) Pawan/- U T