Chandan Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43675 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-167 Year-2018 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Samastipur ====================================================== Chandan Paswan S/o Yogendra Paswan Resident of village-Bazidpur Bamia, P.S.-Bibhutipur, District-Samastipur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Gulnar Begum, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 01-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered under Sections 30(a), (d) and 30(1) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. It is alleged that 20 litres of Chulai liquor and 320 litres Jawa gur were recovered from the liquor bar of the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case due to dirty village politics. Further submission is that petitioner was not present on the spot. Petitioner has no concern with the seized illicit liquor. The liquor bar in question, from

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43675 of 2025(3) dt.01-09-2025 2/2 where the illicit liquor has been recovered, does not belong to the petitioner. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and trial.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court concerned within six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Excise Court-II, Samastipur in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 167 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) utkarsh/- U T