Ajad Paswan @ Ajad Kumar Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51998 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-119 Year-2025 Thana- DARBHANGA SADAR DistrictDarbhanga ====================================================== Ajad Paswan @ Ajad Kumar Paswan, S/o Dinesh Paswan, R/o VillageChhapki Parri, Ward No. 14, P.S.- Sadar, District- Darbhanga (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Ajay Kumar No. 2, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 18-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No. 119 of 2025 for the offence registered under Section 30(a) of Bihar Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, in the house of the coaccused Douli Devi 42 litres of country made liquor was recovered and the apprehended co-accused Douli Devi disclosed that the supplier of the liquor is the petitioner. Thereafter, on search of the house of the petitioner, in the presence of the witnesses 60.9 litres country made liquor and 2.7 litres foreign liquor was recovered and seized.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51998 of 2025(2) dt.18-08-2025 2/2 petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Further submission is that petitioner has no concern with the seized liquor. The house in question, from where the alleged recovery has been made, is an open house without doors and the petitioner was not present at the place of occurrence. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent of similar nature in which he is on bail.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that huge quantity of liquor have been recovered from the house of petitioner.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and also the recovery of huge quantity of liquor from the house of petitioner, prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner is rejected.

7. If the petitioner surrenders and seeks regular bail before the learned court below the same shall be considered on its own merit in accordance with law, without being prejudiced by rejection of the present anticipatory bail petition of the petitioner.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) khushbu/- U T