Lalit Kumar Singh @ Lalit Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.67616 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-196 Year-2019 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Saharsa ====================================================== Lalit Kumar Singh @ Lalit Singh S/o- Ramesh Singh R/O- Teghra Ward No3 Balhi P.S- Bakhtiyarpur Balwa Hatt District-Saharsa ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Ahmad Ali, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 13-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case instituted under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per prosecution case, total 522.21 litres illicit liquor was recovered from unconstructed house and Maruti car of the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case on the basis of suspicion. Petitioner was not present on the spot. Nothing has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. The alleged recovery has been made from unconstructed house which is in joint possession of the family

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.67616 of 2025(2) dt.13-10-2025 2/2 members of petitioner. The seized vehicle from which illicit liquor was recovered is not registered in the name of petitioner and petitioner had no knowledge about the seized liquor. Petitioner has no concern with the seized illicit liquor. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail. Petitioner undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and the 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 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court concerned, Saharsa in connection with Saharsa Special (Ex.) P.S. Case No.196 of 2019, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482

(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) Harish/- U T