Imteyaz Ansari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.79954 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1014 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Imteyaz Ansari S/o Jamil Ahmad R/o Village- Sohdagkhurd, Post - Nawa Bazar, PS- Nawa, District- Palamu, Jharkhand ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mrs. Rupa Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s:

Mrs. Rita Verma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 03-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Excise P.S. Case No.1014 of 2025 dated 23.09.2025, registered for the offences under Sections 30(a), 32(3) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the FIR, the police, acting on secret information, found a black Scorpio near a college with boxes of illicit liquor. A total of 315 litres of country-made liquor was recovered from the vehicle and nearby bushes.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is quite innocent and has been falsely implicated in the instant case merely on the basis of secret information. There is no recovery from the constructive possession of the petitioner. He further submits that the Scorpio car of the petitioner was taken away by his friend, namely Ambuj Kumar, on the pretext that they had to go for the treatment of his father, and accordingly, the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.79954 of 2025(2) dt.03-12-2025 2/2 petitioner handed over his car to them for that purpose. Later, the petitioner came to know that his vehicle had been misused and that he had also been made an accused in this case. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents.

5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.

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 constructive possession of the petitioner, 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 Special Judge of Excise-II, Aurangabad, in connection with Excise P.S. Case No.1014 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023. (Ajit Kumar, J) shikha/- U T