Sanjit Saw v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63018 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-345 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Nawada ====================================================== Sanjit Saw S/o Dwarika Saw R/o Village- Nemdarganj Tola Malikpur, N.H. Nawada, P.S.- Akbarpur, District- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Nityanand, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 24-09-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending his arrest in connection with Excise P.S. Case no. 345 of 2025, registered under sections 30(a) and 47 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

3. As per the prosecution case, seeing the police personnel the accused abandoned their motorcycle and managed to escape. 41 litres of country liquor was recovered from the vehicle in question.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case only for the reason that he happens to be the registered owner of one of the vehicles in question. No incriminating article has been recovered from the petitioner's possession. He has no criminal antecedent and undertakes to cooperate in the investigation/trial.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63018 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 2/2

5. The application for anticipatory bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegation against the petitioner in the F.I.R., no incriminating article having been recovered from the petitioner's possession, the reason for implication of the petitioner being that he happens to be the registered owner of one of the vehicles and especially the petitioner not having any criminal antecedent, it is directed that the petitioner above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Excise P.S. Case no. 345 of 2025 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Court Excise-2, Nawada.

(Partha Sarthy, J) avinash/- U T