Narender Kumar Sangwan @ Narender Kumar @ Narender Sangwan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44820 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-258 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Buxar ====================================================== Narender Kumar Sangwan @ Narender Kumar @ Narender Sangwan, S/o Jaymal Singh Sangwan @ Jimal Singh Resident of village-Bhiwani Fatehgarh, P.S.- Dadri Sadar, Dist- Charkhi Dadri, Haryana ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Arun Kumar Gupta, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Lakshmi Kant Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 07-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The accused/petitioner is not named in the FIR and apprehending his arrest in connection with Excise Buxar P.S. Case No.258 of 2025 registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.

3. Allegation against the petitioner is to engage in illegal trade/manufacturing of illicit liquor, where there is recovery of 5959.95 liters of IMFL (whisky)/country-made liquor.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing for petitioner that during the course of investigation, the name of petitioner has been transpired as owner of seized truck

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44820 of 2026(2) dt.07-07-2026 2/3 bearing Registration No.BR084-6091. It is submitted that the petitioner has sold the seized truck to one Sanjay Kumar but, due to lack of co-ordination, the ownership of truck was not transferred. It is submitted that the recovery of alleged illicit liquor was not made from conscious possession of this petitioner. The petitioner claimed clean antecedent.

5. Learned APP opposed the prayer of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. In view of aforesaid factual submissions and by taking of note of fact as recovery of illicit liquor prima facie not appears to be made from physical possession of this petitioner, accordingly, the petitioner, above-named, who is a man of clean antecedent, in the event of his arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No.2, Buxar in connection with Excise Buxar P.S. Case No.258 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2)

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44820 of 2026(2) dt.07-07-2026 3/3 of the CrPC/under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.) Sanjeet/- U T