Rajesh Chaudhary @ Rakesh Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58599 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-171 Year-2021 Thana- BHAGWANPUR HAT District- Siwan ====================================================== Rajesh Chaudhary @ Rakesh Chaudhary S/o Kedar Chaudhary R/o Village - Shobhipur, P.S - Janta Bazar, District - Chhapara ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Kumar Harshvardhan, a 1 For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Khurshid Anwar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 22-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case instituted under Sections 30(a) and 38(2) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per prosecution case, total 25 litres country made illicit liquor was recovered from sack fastened with the motorcycle.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case on the basis of secret information. Petitioner is neither owner nor he was driving the motorcycle in question. Nothing has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner has no concern with the seized illicit liquor.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58599 of 2025(2) dt.22-09-2025 2/2 Petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and the trial.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the 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 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court concerned in connection with Bhagwanpur Hat P.S. Case No.171 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) Harish/- U T