Sanjay Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43374 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-397 Year-2023 Thana- PARAIYA District- Gaya ====================================================== Sanjay Paswan S/o Bigan Paswan R/o vill - Paraiya, Ps- Paraiya, Districtgaya ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Satyaveer Jha, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms.Meena Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Paraiya Excise P.S. Case No. 397 of 2023 dated 08.12.2023 of the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, total 60 litres of illicit country liquor was recovered from the two motorcycles.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The name of the petitioner has transpired in this case on the basis of suspicion. The petitioner is
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43374 of 2025(2) dt.08-08-2025 2/3 the owner of one of the seized vehicles but the same was not being driven by him at the time of the alleged recovery. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner, hence no case is made out. The coaccused person has already been granted anticipatory bail by this court vide order dated 14.03.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 17466/2024. Learned Counsel has relied on the judgment of Full Bench of Hon'ble Patna High Court in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. State of Bihar reported in 2019 (2) PLJR 1089. The Full Bench in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav (supra) has held that an application for anticipatory bail in a case arising out of Bihar Excise and Prohibition Act can be maintained, despite the bar under Section 76 (2) of the Act, if on the basis of allegation made in the FIR, no offence under the said provision is made out.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner by submitting that the bar of Section 76(2) of the Act applies in this case.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the nature of allegation against the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43374 of 2025(2) dt.08-08-2025 3/3 arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Gaya, in connection with Paraiya P.S. Case No. 397 of 2023 subject to conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. This application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Gautam/- U T