Pratik Kumar @ Pritik Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56457 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-299 Year-2025 Thana- DARIYAPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Pratik Kumar @ Pritik Kumar S/O Jaiprakash Rai Resident Of Village- Kuari Bujurg, Police Station- Ganga Bridge, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/S

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mrs. Shaheen Begum, 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 his arrest in connection with Dariyapur P.S. Case No. 299 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 293.400 litres of liquor was recovered from Mahindra XUV vehicle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. Learned counsel further submitted that the name of the petitioner has transpired as being owner of the seized vehicle in question. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned counsel for the petitioner, therefore, contends that prima-facie no case is made out against the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56457 of 2025(2) dt.11-08-2025 2/2 petitioner. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Similarly situated co-accused person has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 26.06.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No.40506 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.15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Dariyapur P.S. Case No. 299 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