Govind Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56883 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-193 Year-2025 Thana- TILAUTHU District- Rohtas ====================================================== Govind Singh, S/o Late Shiv Pujan Singh, R/o Village- Bikram Bigha, P.S.- Tilauthu, District- Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Kumar Ranjit Ranjan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 08-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Tilauthu P.S. Case No. 193 of 2025 for the offence registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, on a secret information, police conducted raid, on search, total 22.5 litres of foreign liquor and a motorcycle were recovered from the spot. It is alleged that the petitioner and the other co-accused fled away after seeing the police party.

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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56883 of 2025(2) dt.08-09-2025 2/2 possession of the petitioner. Petitioner has no concern with the seized liquor. There is no independent witness to the seizure list that is the violation of provision under Section 103 of the BNSS. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent. 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 Court No. 2, Rohtas at Sasaram, in connection with Tilauthu P.S. Case No. 193 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