Brajesh Kumar Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49702 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-95 Year-2026 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Araria ====================================================== Brajesh Kumar Thakur, Son of Ram Vilas Thakur @ Vilaas Thakur, Resident of Bus Stand, Ward No.08, Jalalgarh, P.S. - Jalalgarh, District - Purnea ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Dr. Kumar Uday Pratap, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR ORAL ORDER 22-07-2026 Heard Mr. Raj Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Dr. Kumar Uday Pratap, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Araria Excise P.S. Case No. 95 of 2026 registered for the offences u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 12.03.2026, the informant received a secret information that a huge quantity of foreign liquor was being transported in a black colour Hyundai Venue vehicle. Later on, the police intercepted the alleged vehicle from which 77.460 litres of illicit foreign liquor was recovered. It is further alleged that the driver of the vehicle attempted to flee but was caught on the spot.

4. The counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49702 of 2026(2) dt.22-07-2026 2/2 petitioner is having clean antecedent and petitioner is the registered owner of the alleged car and he has given his car to his driver who has misused the car of the petitioner. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. In view of the fact that the petitioner is merely the owner of the car, having no criminal antecedent and has given his car to his driver, I am inclined to grant the petitioner the benefit of anticipatory bail. Let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court is connection with Araria Excise P.S. Case No. 95 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Alok Kumar, J) khushbu/- U T