Lato Chaudhary @ Anirudh Chaudhary @ Anirud Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86569 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-399 Year-2025 Thana- NAWADA MUFFASIL District- Nawada ====================================================== Lato Chaudhary @ Anirudh Chaudhary @ Anirud Chaudhary Son of Baleshwar Chaudhary Village- Kanchanpur Kachra PS -Chandi Dist -Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajeev Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ramchandra Sahni ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 18-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No.399 of 2025, dated 11.09.2025 registered for the offences under Sections 111(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2022.

3. As per the FIR, 63 liters of spirit liquor is said to have been recovery from a Maruti Suzuki car.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the instant case solely on account of enmity and personal grudge. The petitioner was not arrested at the spot and has no concern with the alleged car from which the recovery has been made.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86569 of 2025(2) dt.18-12-2025 2/3 The petitioner is in no way connected with the seized liquor. There has been no recovery from the constructive possession of the petitioner. It is further submitted that the petitioner has won the election of Mukhiya from Chandi and has been implicated in the present case by rival parties. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioner has six criminal antecedents similar to the instant case, in all of which he is on bail.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions, and without accepting his guilt, proposes to deposit a sum of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand only) in the welfare account of the Advocates' Association of the Patna High Court.

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 Exclusive Special Excise Court No.1, Nawada, in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86569 of 2025(2) dt.18-12-2025 3/3 connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No.399 of 2025 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023 and on production of the receipt showing deposit of Rs.15,000/- as proposed on behalf of the petitioner. (Ajit Kumar, J) shikha/- U T