Niranjan Kumar @ Polhu Kumar @ Polhu v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51568 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-43 Year-2025 Thana- PIPRIYA District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== Niranjan Kumar @ Polhu Kumar @ Polhu S/O Krishnandan Singh @ Kishnandan Singh Resident of Village- Malpur, P.S.- Pipariya, DistrictLakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Ms. Renu Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 25-07-2025 Heard Mr. Sanjeev Kumarlearned counsel for the petitioner and Ms. Renu Kumari, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Pipariya P.S. Case No. 43 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Sections 30(a) and 32 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 120 litres of foreign liquor was recovered from Car.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. The name of the petitioner transpired in this case on the basis of disclosure of apprehended co-accused person namely, Sandeep Kumar and Nilesh Kumar Paswan. Learned counsel further submitted that petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the vehicle. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51568 of 2025(2) dt.25-07-2025 2/2 recovery of liquor. Learned counsel for the petitioner, therefore, contends that prima-facie no case is made out against the petitioner. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Other co-accused has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 24.06.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 39588 of 2025.

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

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, 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/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Pipariya P.S. Case No. 43 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Raj Ranjan/- U T