Jitendra Choudhary v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37562 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-172 Year-2025 Thana- EXCISE MAHARAJGANJ DistrictSiwan ====================================================== Jitendra Choudhary S/o Badal Choudhary Resident of Village-Mirjumla, P.S.- Bhagwanpur Hat, District-Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Udit Narayan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ramesh Chandra, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-06-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 32(3) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per prosecution case, 170 litres illicit liquor was recovered from bamboo clump.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. Name of the petitioner transpired during course of investigation. Recovery has been made from an open place, accessible to one and all. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.
5. Considering the place of recovery, clean antecedent
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37562 of 2025(2) dt.25-06-2025 2/2 and the fact that no incriminating material has been recovered from possession of the petitioner, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Exclusive Special Excise Court-II, Siwan in connection with Maharajganj Excise P. S. Case No. 172 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T