Naveen Kumar Nirala @ Navin Kumar Nirala v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.297 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-269 Year-2022 Thana- BHAGWANPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Naveen Kumar Nirala @ Navin Kumar Nirala Son of Ram Sagar Nirala @ Ram Sagar Singh Resident of village -Prataptand PS- Bhagwanpur DistVaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Rajeev Ranjan No. II, Advocate Ms. Anjana Gupta, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Nitya Nand Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-02-2025 Heard learned counsels for the parties.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 272 and 273 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 30(a) and 37(c) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amended) Act.

3. As per prosecution case, this petitioner is alleged to be registered owner of the seized motorcycle from which one litre country made liquor has been recovered.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case merely because he happens to be registered owner of the vehicle in question. No incriminating article has been recovered from conscious possession of this

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.297 of 2025(2) dt.04-02-2025 2/2 petitioner. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, quantity of liquor that has been recovered and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise, Court No.- 1-cum-Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 269 of 2022, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 of the B.N.S.S..

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T