Bablu Singh @ Amit Kumar Singh @ Amit Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65043 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-298 Year-2024 Thana- IMAMGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== Bablu Singh @ Amit Kumar Singh @ Amit Singh S/o- Late Ramdas Singh @ Ramdip Singh Village- Narayanpur Ps- Imamganj Dist- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Aryan Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs. Sucheta Yadav, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 24-09-2025 Heard Mr. Aryan Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. Sucheta Yadav, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Imamganj P.S Case No. 298 of 2024 dated 2.11.2024 registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise (Amendment ) Act, 2022 (in short 'Excise Act').

3. The main submissions advanced by the petitioner's counsel are that the petitioner has no connection with the alleged recovered liquor and also having no connection to the place of recovery, as the alleged recovery is stated to have been made from the house of the co-accused Akhilesh Das and a place situated near the house of said co-accused and the petitioner has been made accused mainly on the basis of some whisper made by the assembled persons , whose names have not

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65043 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 2/2 been disclosed, such vague and anonymous statements are not sufficient to attract the commission of the alleged offence even prima facie by this petitioner, hence, his prayer is not hit by the provisions of Section 76(2) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

4. Learned APP appearing for the State has opposed the prayer of the petitioner.

5. In the facts and circumstances of this case and considering above stated facts, this Court is inclined to grant the relief of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, let the petitioner named-above, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court concerned in connection with Imamganj P.S Case No. 298 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

(Shailendra Singh, J) siddharthkr/- U T