Karan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37128 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-170 Year-2026 Thana- MASAUDHI District- Patna ====================================================== Karan Kumar S/O Rambabu Yadav R/O Village- Malmachak, P.S.- Masaurhi, Distt.- Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms.Soni Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Pradeep Narain Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 15-06-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Masaurhi P.S. Case No. 170 of 2026 registered for the offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.

3. As per the prosecution case, the recovery is of total 283 litres of foreign liquor from different boxes.

4. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in this case. It is next submitted that the name of the petitioner has surfaced merely on the ground suspicion. Petitioner has clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37128 of 2026(2) dt.15-06-2026 2/3 for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts, this application is allowed.

7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the concerned Court below within four weeks from today, 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 the learned Special Judge, Excise IIIrd, Patna/ concerned Court below in connection with Masaurhi P.S. Case No. 170 of 2026, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 482 of the BNSS.

8. This is also subject to the condition that the petitioner shall deposit an amount of Rs. 25,000/- in Ramkrishna Mission Ashrama, Nala Road, Patna and produce the receipt of the same before the Court below. The bail bonds of the petitioner shall be accepted after verifying the genuineness of the receipt produced by the petitioner.

9. As a condition of this order, the petitioner after being released on bail, is directed to mark his attendance at Masaurhi Police Station, District- Patna on first and third Sunday of every month. Any default in appearance at the Police

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37128 of 2026(2) dt.15-06-2026 3/3 Station will result in cancellation of bail bonds of the petitioner. (Sandeep Kumar, J) tusharika/- U T