Pukari Yadav @ Pukari Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55627 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-24 Year-2025 Thana- LACHHUAR District- Jamui ====================================================== Pukari Yadav @ Pukari Kumar S/O Ram Khelawan Yadav Resident of Village- Dharsanda, P.S. Sikandra, District- Jamui, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Dipak Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mrs. Indu Kumari Srivastava, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 11-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Lachhuar. P.S. Case No. 24 of 2025 registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The prosecution case in short, is that, total 300 litres of liquor was recovered from six motorcycles.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is submitted that seized motorcycles do not belong to the petitioner. The petitioner has got five criminal antecedents in which he is on bail.
5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner and submits that the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55627 of 2025(2) dt.11-08-2025 2/2 petitioner bears five criminal antecedents. Hence, the petitioner does not deserve the privilege of anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and criminal antecedents of the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
7. The prayer is rejected. However, the petitioner is directed to surrender in the Court below and pray for regular bail. If any such application is filed, the Court below shall consider and dispose of the same on its own merit without being prejudiced by this order.
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Raj Ranjan/- U T