Asauddin @ Farmullah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47701 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-189 Year-2026 Thana- PALASI District- Araria ====================================================== Asauddin @ Farmullah S/o Late Samid R/o Vill- Balua Deorhi Naya Nagar, ward no. 11, PS- Palasi, Distt.- Araria ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Shyameshwar Dayal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 22-07-2026 Heard the parties.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Palasi P.S. Case No. 189 of 2026 for the offence under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act lodged on 07.05.2026 by the informant, Ranjit Kumar.

3. As per the prosecution story, the Police raided the hut of the petitioner and there is recovery/seizure of 3.6 liters of of foreign liquor and 1.3 liter of codeine syrup. This led to the FIR.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that only because he has one criminal antecedent, got implicated and the recovery is from the hut which is accessible to everyone.

5. Further, learned counsel for the petitioner relied on the judgment of the 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 wherein it has been held that an

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47701 of 2026(2) dt.22-07-2026 2/3 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.

6. Learned APP opposes the prayer submitting that he has one criminal antecedent of the same nature.

7. Taking into account the submissions of the parties and the judgment in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav (supra), as also that nothing has been recovered from his conscious possession, in that background, this Court is inclined to extend him the privilege of anticipatory bail with conditions.

8. Let the petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of Court concerned in connection with Palasi P.S. Case No. 189 of 2026 subject to the following conditions: (i) one of the bailor should be the family member/relative of the petitioner who shall provide official document to show his/her bona fide;

(ii) the petitioner shall be appearing before the Police

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47701 of 2026(2) dt.22-07-2026 3/3 Station as and when required for cooperating in the investigation;

(iii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail bond by the Trial Court itself;

(iv) the petitioner shall appear before the concerned police station every month for six months to mark his attendance and after the end of the period, the certificate shall be submitted before the Trial Court failing which steps shall be taken for the cancellation of the bail bonds; (v) the petitioner shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;

(vi) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of his bail bonds. (Rajiv Roy, J) Adnan/- U T