Laljeet Yadav @ Lali v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41739 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-29 Year-2025 Thana- KRISHNAGARH District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Laljeet Yadav @ Lali S/o Late Suresh Yadav R/o Village- Piper Panti, Krishnagarh, District- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Prabhat Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Akshay Lal Pandit, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-07-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022.
3. As per prosecution case, 15.840 litres of foreign liquor was recovered from a motorcycle.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the vehicle in question and has been made an accused in this case merely on suspicion. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of this petitioner.
5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41739 of 2025(2) dt.02-07-2025 2/2 vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and submitted that huge quantity of liquor was recovered from the seized vehicles. Petitioner 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 petitioner has got two criminal antecedents of similar nature, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is rejected.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Neha/- U T