Rajesh Rawat @ Rajesh Raut v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.54207 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-314 Year-2025 Thana- GOPALGANJ TOWN DistrictGopalganj ====================================================== Rajesh Rawat @ Rajesh Raut S/o- Shvnath Raut R/O- Hajiyapur Musahar Toli PS- Gopalganj, District- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Khurshid Anwar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-08-2025 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 Act.

3. As per prosecution case, 18 litres illicit country made liquor was recovered from beside the house of this petitioner.

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 suspicion. The alleged illicit liquor has been recovered from an open place,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.54207 of 2025(2) dt.13-08-2025 2/2 which is accessible to one and all. Petitioner has got one criminal antecedent of similar nature in which he is already on bail.

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 and the fact that no incriminating article has been recovered from conscious possession of this petitioner, 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 District and Additional Sessions Judge-XIII-cum-Special Excise Court No. I, Gopalganj in connection with Gopalganj P.S. Case No. 314 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..

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