Golu Kumar @ Ritik Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.80019 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-99 Year-2025 Thana- MANJHAUL District- Begusarai ====================================================== Golu Kumar @ Ritik Kumar Son of Late Jagarnath Chaudhary Resident of Village - Manjhaul, Police Station - Manjhaul, District - Begusarai (Bihar). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Akash Kumar Mishra For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Md. Anzarul Haque Sahara ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 03-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Manjhaul P.S. Case No.99 of 2025 dated 28.09.2025, registered for the offences under Sections 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act.

3. As per the FIR, the police reached the house of the petitioner and observed that one person ran away upon seeing them, after throwing a white-colored bag over the boundary wall of the house of Ramchandra Choudhary. On search, the informant recovered a total of 19.50 liters of foreign liquor.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case solely on the basis of secret information. No

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80019 of 2025(2) dt.03-12-2025 2/3 recovery has been made from the conscious possession of the petitioner, and he has no connection with the recovered liquor. It is further submitted that the place from which the recovery was allegedly made does not belong to the petitioner, and, with ulterior motives, someone has falsely implicated the petitioner. There is no independent witness to the seizure list. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioner has two prior criminal antecedents, in respect of which he is currently on bail.

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 conscious possession of the petitioner and petitioner is in no way connected with the seized liquor, 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 Judge-I, Begusarai, in con-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80019 of 2025(2) dt.03-12-2025 3/3 nection with Manjhaul P.S. Case No.99 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023.

(Ajit Kumar, J) shikha/- U T