Patna High CourtCR. MISC./40092/2025bail rejected

Vijay Das v. The State Of Bihar

2025-06-26Mr. Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.40092 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-136 Year-2025 Thana- SHEOHAR District- Sheohar ====================================================== 1.

Vijay Das S/o Shankar Das R/o village - Nankar Ward no. 8, P.S. - Patahi, Dist. - East Champaran @ Motihari 2.

Ambika Ray S/o Late Kunkun Ray R/o Vill- Sugiya Katsari @ Sugia Katsari, P.S.- Sheohar, Distt- Sheohar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioners :

Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Dilip Kumar No. 1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 26-06-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per prosecution case, 152.700 litres Nepali liquor was recovered from a Honda City car.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. Petitioners are neither owners nor drivers of the vehicle in question and have been made accused in this case merely on suspicion. Nothing has been recovered

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40092 of 2025(2) dt.26-06-2025 2/2 from the conscious possession of these petitioners.

5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners and submitted that huge quantity of liquor was recovered from the seized vehicles. Petitioner No. 1 has got three criminal antecedent of similar nature and Petitioner No. 2 has got two criminal antecedents of similar nature.

6. Considering the nature of accusation, recovery of huge quantity of illicit liquor from the seized vehicles and fact that petitioners have got criminal antecedents of similar nature, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is rejected.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T