Rajnish Kumar @ Rajnish Thakur @ Mukhiya v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72072 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-252 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Samastipur ====================================================== Rajnish Kumar @ Rajnish Thakur @ Mukhiya Son of Dinesh Thakur Resident of Village - Old Ward No.- 4, New Ward No.- 28, P.S.- Mufassil, Dist.- Samastipur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Satish Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Sucheta Yadav ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 15-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2018.

3. As per the FIR, informant received secret information about illegal foreign liquor kept in a Bolero pick up (BR01GF3653) belonging to the petitioner and his associates, parked in an orchard near Kamlesh Thakur's brick plant. Acting on the information, police searched the vehicle and recovered 900 liters of Indian made foreign liquor.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is quite innocent and has been falsely implicated in the instant case only on the instance of persons inimical to him. There is no recovery from the possession of the petitioner. He has no concern either with the pickup vehicle or with the brick

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72072 of 2025(2) dt.15-10-2025 2/2 plant. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail, submitting that if there were no complicity of this petitioner, his name would not have transpired in the instant case. There must be some connection with the alleged incident based on which he has been implicated, and he should not be granted the benefit of anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the fact that there is no recovery from the possession of the petitioner and he has no criminal antecedent, 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 Special Judge, Excise-II, Samastipur in connection with Sadar Excise P.S. Case No.252 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023. (Ajit Kumar, J) shikha/- U T