Navlesh Yadav @ Naulesh Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62247 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-468 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Nawada ====================================================== Navlesh Yadav @ Naulesh Yadav S/O Late Kishun Prasad Resident Of Village- Kajikatar, Ward No. 14, P.S.- Akbarpur ,District- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 26-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered under Sections 30(a) and 47 of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 114 litres of illicit liquor was recovered near the bank of river, out of which 80 litres was recovered from a motorcycle and 34 litres was recovered from the path way. It is alleged that on seeing the police party, the petitioner and other co-accused persons had thrown away the said motorcycle & illicit liquor and fled away from the place of recovery.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62247 of 2025(2) dt.26-09-2025 2/2 case due to village politics. Petitioner has no concern with the seized illicit liquor. He was neither riding any motorcycle nor he has any concern with the same. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner has two criminal antecedents but the same are not of similar nature. There is no likelihood of absconding of the petitioner or tampering with the evidence. 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 bond 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 Excise P.S. Case No. 468 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.

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