Pappu Yadav @ Pappu Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72305 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-151 Year-2025 Thana- BARHARA District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Pappu Yadav @ Pappu Rai S/o- Anil Yadav @ Anil Rai R/v- Chhitani ke Bag Ps- Barhara Dist- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shiv Prasad Gupta, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Mithlesh Kumar Khare, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 16-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner in this application prays for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending his arrest in connection with Barhara P.S. Case no. 151 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

3. As per the prosecution case, out of the three accused persons on two motorcycles, while two accused are said to have escaped one Golu Kumar was arrested and 90 litres of country liquor was recorded. The accused arrested disclosed the name of the petitioner to be amongst the two accused who had managed to escape.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. Neither

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72305 of 2025(2) dt.16-10-2025 2/2 the petitioner was arrested at the spot nor any incriminating article recovered from his possession. He has no concern with the vehicle in question from which the seizure is said to have taken place. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegations against the petitioner in the F.I.R., the petitioner not having been arrested at the spot, the only material being the statement of a coaccused made before the police and the petitioner not having any antecedent under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, 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 Barhara P.S. Case no. 151 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 Excise Court no.1, Bhojpur at Ara.

(Partha Sarthy, J) Bibhash U T