Ravikant Chhaudhary @ Ravi Shankar Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44311 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-269 Year-2022 Thana- NOKHA District- Rohtas ====================================================== Ravikant Chhaudhary @ Ravi Shankar Chaudhary S/O Kameshwar Chaudhary Resident of Sariyaw, P.S- Nokha, District- Rohtas. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Md. Fazle Karim, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Pronoti Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 14-07-2025 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 Sections 30(a) and 37(b)(c) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per prosecution case, 63 litres illicit country made liquor was recovered from a canal.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from conscious possession of this petitioner and he has falsely been implicated in this case merely on the basis of confessional statement of apprehended co-accused persons. The alleged illicit liquor has been recovered from an open place,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44311 of 2025(2) dt.14-07-2025 2/2 which is accessible to one and all. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the nature of accusation, fact that no incriminating article has been recovered from conscious possession of this petitioner and clean antecedents, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner 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 Court No. 2-cum-Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Nokha P.S. Case No. 269 of 2022, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..

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