Kanhaiya Kumar @ Kanhaiya Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69087 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-207 Year-2020 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Begusarai ====================================================== Kanhaiya Kumar @ Kanhaiya Singh S/o Late Satyanarayan Singh Resident of Ward NJo. 45, Mohalla- Sant Nagar, Village- Mohan Eghu, P.O.- Mohanaighu, Cheria Baraiarpur, P.S.- Begusarai Muffasil, District- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Saket Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Shailendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 08-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Excise (Government Official Complaint) Case No. 207 C2 of 2020 registered for the offences under Section 30(a)of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
3. As per the prosecution story, on secret information, Excise Case No. 207 C 2 of 2020 was registered in Begusarai. During the search, officials recovered 153.54 litres of illicit foreign liquor from the house of co-accused Gangadhar Sah. The complaint further alleges that another person involved in the illegal liquor business is the present petitioner. A seizure list
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69087 of 2025(2) dt.08-10-2025 2/3 was prepared and endorsed by the raiding team.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has clean antecedent and the seized articles is said to have been recovered from the house of the other co-accused and is in no way connected with the seized articles and on search being made by the Police of his house, nothing incriminating has been recovered from his possession.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail application.
6. Regard being had to the submission made by the parties, taking into consideration the fact that illicit liquor has not been recovered from the conscious possession and / or premises belonging to the petitioner and the petitioner has clean antecedent, accordingly, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
7. Let the petitioner, above named, be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Judge (Excise) - II, Begusarai, in connection with Excise (Government Official Complaint) Case
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69087 of 2025(2) dt.08-10-2025 3/3 No. 207 C2 of 2020 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.
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