Ganesh Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58119 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-72 Year-2025 Thana- LAKHAURA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ganesh Paswan S/o- Late- Rupa Paswan R/o Village- Jagiraha Karmaula (Kamraula) P.S-Lakhaura District- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms. Ranjana Srivastava, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Sucheta Yadav, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 16-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Lakhaura P.S. Case No. 72 of 2025, instituted under Sections 30(a), 32, 41(i) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act.
3. There is recovery of 10 litre country made liquor from a plastic sack in a wheat field. It is alleged that petitioner has thrown the said plastic sack.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case on the basis of suspicion. He has no concern with seized liquor. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent. He undertakes to co-operate in the investigation and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58119 of 2025(2) dt.16-09-2025 2/2 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 submission 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 bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No.-1, East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Lakhaura P.S. Case No. 72 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.), 2023.
(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J.) rakhi/- U T