Mukesh Rai @ Mukesh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41336 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-460 Year-2026 Thana- SONEPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Mukesh Rai @ Mukesh Kumar S/o Harendra Rai R/o Village - Baburbani, P.S - Sonepur, District - Saran at Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Dewendra Narayan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Pramod Kumar Pandey, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-07-2026 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, 90 litres illicit liquor was recovered from the bank of river.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery and he has been made accused in this case merely on suspicion. Petitioner has got one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the bail application.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41336 of 2026(2) dt.06-07-2026 2/2
6. Considering nature of accusation and place of recovery, 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 Exclusive Special Excise Judge-2, Saran at Chapra in connection with Sonepur P. S. Case No. 460 of 2026, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
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