Aditya Anand v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58898 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-104 Year-2025 Thana- JAKKANPUR District- Patna ====================================================== Aditya Anand Son of Chandrabhushan Das Resident of village - Ward No.- 15, Radhopur, Police Station - Radhopur, District - Supaul presently resident of Khasmahal, Street No.- 3, Police Station - Jakkanpur, District - Patna. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, A.P.P.

====================================================== 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 registered under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, 200 ml of illicit liquor kept in almirah was recovered from the house of Suryash Bhushan in which, this petitioner was living as a renter.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case due to dirty village politics. Further submission is that on the date of occurrence, petitioner was not in his room rather he was going for some personal work in the meantime, a raid was conducted and the said liquor was recovered from his room.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58898 of 2025(2) dt.22-09-2025 2/2 Petitioner has no concern with the seized illicit liquor. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent which is not of the Excise Act. Petitioner 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 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 bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court concerned in connection with Jakkanpur P.S. Case No. 104 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) Harish/- U T