Jeevan Kumar Gautam @ Ram Jivan Kumar Gautam @ Fulena Singh @ Jeevan Gautam @ Ram Jeevan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53670 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-133 Year-2025 Thana- BEERPUR District- Begusarai ====================================================== Jeevan Kumar Gautam @ Ram Jivan Kumar Gautam @ Fulena Singh @ Jeevan Gautam @ Ram Jeevan Kumar, S/O Sanjay Singh, R/O VillageBirpur, Birpur Paschim, Ward No.- 08, P.S.- Birpur, District- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Shyam Bihari Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 19-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Birpur P.S. Case No. 133 of 2025 for the offence registered under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, 25.920 litres of illicit foreign liquor was recovered from the bushes situated behind the house of Pankaj Kumar Singh and it is alleged that the same is concealed by the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Petitioner was neither present on the spot nor any incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner or from the house of the petitioner.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53670 of 2025(2) dt.19-08-2025 2/2 The illicit liquor which was seized from the place, does not belong to the petitioner. Further submission is that petitioner has no concern with the seized liquor. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent that does not belong to the Excise Act in which the he is on bail. 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 aforesaid 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 each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge-I, Begusarai, in connection with Birpur P.S. Case No. 133 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.

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