Karan Kumar @ Karan Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.88200 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-360 Year-2025 Thana- KHUSRUPUR District- Patna ====================================================== Karan Kumar @ Karan Paswan S/O Manoj Paswan, Resident of VillageBaikathpur, Police Station- Khusrupur, District- Patna. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Khurshid Anwar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 22-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Khusrupur P.S. Case No. 360 of 2025 dated 29.09.2025 instituted for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act, 2022.

3. The allegation is of recovery of 40.47 litre foreign liquor from the bushes near the Railway track and a motorcycle bearing Registration No. BR1FT-0251 was seized from the place of occurrence.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that the petitioner has been made accused in this case only on the basis of disclosure made by the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.88200 of 2025(2) dt.22-12-2025 2/2 the villagers. The petitioner has not been apprehended at the spot. Nothing has been recovered either from the possession of the petitioner or from his house. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that neither the petitioner is the owner of the seized motorcycle nor he know the owner's name of the same. Lastly, it has been submitted that petitioner has no criminal antecedents.

5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest / surrender of the petitioner within a period of six weeks from today, in connection with Khusrupur P.S. Case No. 360 of 2025, he will be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Court of Excise, Patna City subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., (Khatim Reza, J) premchand/- U T