IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65518 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-299 Year-2025 Thana- AKBARPUR District- Nawada ====================================================== Sonu Kumar S/o Ashok Kumar Sah @ Ashok Sah R/o Mohalla- Kaimashikoh, Near Mahavir Mandir, Patna City, P.S.- Chowk,District- Patna, Pin- 800008 ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Madhav Krishna For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Anil Prasad Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 24-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Akbarpur P.S. Case No. 299 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) and 41 of Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022. 3. As per prosecution case, 175 litre country made liquor was recovered from the motorcycle bearing chasis no. ME4JC38BJT005009 and co-accused Arvind Kumar was apprehended on the spot. It is further alleged that one more motorcycle was seized at the place of occurrence. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not named in the FIR and his name has been Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65518 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 2/3 transpired in the present case as owner of the motorcycle bearing chasis no. ME4JC38BJT005009 but the said motorcycle was earlier stolen and used by unknown person against which the FIR vide Chowk P.S. Case No. 213 of 2025 has already been filed by the petitioner before the present case. Learned counsel orally sumbits that petitioner has no concern with the other motorcycle in question which was recovered from the place of occurrence. Petitioner has no concern with the alleged recovered liquor. Petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged in the FIR and he has falsely been implicated in this case. Petitioner bears no criminal antecedent. Petitioner is not in any way connected with the alleged occurrence. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. 5. The learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, keeping in view clean antecedent of petitioner, argument advanced on behalf of both sides and also taking into consideration the material available on record, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65518 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 3/3 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court-I, Nawada in connection with Akbarpur P.S. Case No. 299 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S. vashudha/- (Alok Kumar Pandey, J) U T