Anand Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55350 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-61 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Nawada ====================================================== Anand Kumar S/O Ramnandan Sah R/O Village- Sisva, Kesabe, Ward No. 11, P.S- Barauni, Distt.- Begusarai.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Pushpendra Kumar Singh, Advocate Ms. Divya Bharti, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Veena Kumari Jaiswal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 08-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Nawada Excise PS Case No. 61 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Sections 30(a) & 47 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3.

The prosecution case, in short, is that total 1438.200 litres of liquor was recovered from Tata Tanker. 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 as being owner of the vehicle in question. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. The petitioner has no

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55350 of 2025(2) dt.08-08-2025 2/2 criminal antecedent. Learned counsel for the petitioner, therefore, contends that prima-facie no case is made out against the petitioner. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

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.15,000/- (Fifteen thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Nawada Excise PS Case No. 61 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 Kishore/- U T