Arjun Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.40369 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-284 Year-2026 Thana- RIVILGANJ District- Saran ====================================================== Arjun Mahto S/O Late Manika Mahto @ Mundrika Mahato Resident of village - Newazi Tola, Dharmshala, Adda No. 02, P.S. - Rivilganj, District - Saran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Adarsh Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Vinod Shanker Modi, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-06-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends 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, 160 litres illicit liquor was recovered from two seized motorcycles and 540 litres illicit liquor was recovered near the aforesaid seized motorcycles.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner is neither driver nor owner of the vehicles in question and he has been made accused merely on the confessional statement of local Chaukidar. Petitioner has got two criminal antecedents out of which one is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40369 of 2026(2) dt.30-06-2026 2/2 of similar nature and he is on bail in both the cases.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the bail application.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, 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 learned 2nd Exclusive Special Excise Judge, Saran at Chapra in connection with Rivilganj P. S. Case No. 284 of 2026, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T