Patna High CourtCR. MISC./36551/2025bail rejected

Satish Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

2025-06-18Mr. Justice Dr. Anshuman2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36551 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-146 Year-2025 Thana- DEEPNAGAR District- Nalanda ====================================================== Satish Paswan S/O Mahendra Paswan Village- Sarvodaynagar, PSDeepnagar, District- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Gun Sagar Mahto, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Indu Kumari Srivastava, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 18-06-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Deepnagar P.S. Case No. 146 of 2025, dated 17.04.2025, lodged under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.

3. As per the prosecution, total recovery of 29 litres of illicit liquor has been made, which is the subject matter of the present case.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He further submits that nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner and he has been unnecessarily implicated in the present case. Counsel further submits that the criminal

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36551 of 2025(2) dt.18-06-2025 2/2 antecedent of the petitioner is not clean, there are two criminal cases pending against him.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the petitioner's prayer for bail and submits that the petitioner does not have a clean antecedent.

6. In the present facts and circumstances, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected.

7. It is directed to the petitioner to surrender before the Trial Court within a period of 4 weeks from today. In case, the petitioner surrenders within four weeks, then the Trial Court is directed to pass order on his surrender-cum-bail application on the same day without being prejudice that the anticipatory bail of the petitioner has been rejected by this Court and the Trial Court shall pass order on the merit of this case. (Dr. Anshuman, J.) Aman Kumar/- U T