Abhimanyu Pratap Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52697 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-232 Year-2024 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Saran ====================================================== Abhimanyu Pratap Singh S/O Arvind Prakash Singh R/O Villl.- Inai, P.s.- Revelganj, Dist.- Saran at Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Dr. Mrityunjaya Kr. Gautam, A.P.P.

====================================================== 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 a case registered under Sections 30(a) and 32(3) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, there is recovery of 17.280 litres of illicit foreign liquor from the scooty of the petitioner. The driver of the said scooty was managed to flee away from the spot taking advantage of darkness.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Further submission is that petitioner had already sold the seized scooty to one Munchun Kumar Singh on 08.05.2023 and in this regard, he has attached sale deed and the required

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52697 of 2025(2) dt.18-08-2025 2/2 affidavit at Annexure-P/3 to the bail application. It is submitted that the purchaser of the said scooty has not taken steps for transfer of the registration in his name. Petitioner has no concern with the seized illicit liquor and nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and trial.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No. 3, Saran at Chapra in connection with Sadar Excise P.S. Case No. 232 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.

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