Kaushal Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.84320 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-209 Year-2025 Thana- PARANDABAR District- Nawada ====================================================== Kaushal Kumar Singh S/o Late Prayag Prasad Yadav @ Late Prayag Prasad R/o village - Kodiya, P.S - Gurpa, District - Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sheo Kumar Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Sharda Kumari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 17-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Parnadabar P.S. Case No.209 of 2025 dated 13.08.2025, registered for the offences under Sections 30(a) of the Excise Act.

3. As per the FIR, 41 liters of illicit liquor is said to have been recovered from a motorcycle bearing Registration No. BR21L4623. The driver of the motorcycle was apprehended by the police on the spot.

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 basis of the fact that he is the registered owner of the motorcycle from which the recovery

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.84320 of 2025(2) dt.17-12-2025 2/3 was made. It is submitted that the apprehended co-accused, namely Anand Kumar, is the brother of the petitioner, and on the date of recovery of the liquor, the motorcycle in question was taken away by him to go to the market. He was arrested and has already been granted regular bail. He fairly submits that the petitioner has one criminal antecedent akin to the instant case and is on bail in that case.

5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for 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 and the 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 Court-1st, Nawada in connection with Parnadabar P.S. Case No.209 of 2025, subject

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.84320 of 2025(2) dt.17-12-2025 3/3 to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023.

(Ajit Kumar, J) shikha/- U T