IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.82260 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-319 Year-2025 Thana- SUPPI District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Salam Mansuri S/o Sadik Mansuri Resident of Village- Chakwa, P.S.- Bar- gainia, Distt.- Sitamarhi ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Krishna Prabhat For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Shyam Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 2 10-12-2025 1. Heard the parties. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Suppi P.S. Case No. 319 of 2025 dated 04.11.2025 registered under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022. 3. As per the first information report a total quantity of 432 liters of country made liquor has been recovered from a sack at the Eastern bank of the Bagmati river. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case merely on the basis of suspicion. The name of the petitioner surfaced in this case on the basis of disclosure made by the local chowkidar. The seized illicit liquor in question has not been recovered from the conscious possession and / or premises belonging to the petitioner rather it has been recovered from a sack kept near the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82260 of 2025(2) dt.10-12-2025 2/2 Eastern bank of the Bagmati river which is an open space accessible to all and sundry. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. 5. 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 / or premises be- longing to the petitioner rather it has been recovered from an open space easily accessible to everyone, name of petitioner has transpired in the disclosure made by the local chowkidar and the petitioner has no criminal antecedent, accordingly, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Let the petitioner, above named, be released on anticipa- tory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the court be- low 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 Judge -1, Sitamarhi, in connection with Suppi P.S. Case No. 319 of 2025 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S. 2023. praful/- (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) U T