Arbind Kumar @ Gorakh Rai @ Gorakh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.73043 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-653 Year-2025 Thana- HAJIPUR SADAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Arbind Kumar @ Gorakh Rai @ Gorakh Son of Bhujali Ray @ Vijay Kuar Singh R/O Vill- Sahdullahpur, P.S.- Ganga Bridge, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ranjit Kumar Thakur, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nand Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 16-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

3. As per the prosecution case, on 16.08.2025, while on patrol and vehicle checking at Devraj Path, Police noticed a tempo driver fleeing on seeing them. He was caught and identified as Tuntun Singh. On searching his tempo bearing Reg. No. BR31PA0790, 81 liters of Indian-made foreign liquor were recovered. He stated that the liquor belonged to Gorakh Rai, who had instructed him to deliver it to Chandan Kumar.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the seized liquor was recovered from a tempo bearing Reg. No. BR31PA0790 and the petitioner is in no way connected with the seized articles and the petitioner has clean antecedent.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73043 of 2025(2) dt.16-10-2025 2/2

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 Excise Court No.1-cum-Additional District and Session Judge, Vaishali at Hajipur, in connection with Hajipur Sadar P.S. Case No. 653 of 2025 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.

(Ajit Kumar, J) sharun/- U T