IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 85986 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-351 Year-2025 Thana- MUFFASIL District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Dinesh Chaudhary @ Dinesh Prasad S/O Bhumi Chaudhary @ Ghuni Prasad Resident of - Unit 80, Chikor, P.S. Patratu (Bhadani Nagar), District Ramgarh (Jharkhand) (wrongly mentioned in F.I.R. as resident of village Kapasiya, P.S. - Aurangabad Muffasil, District - Aurangabad) ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Aman Vishal, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Ms.Asha Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-12-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Aurangabad Muffasil P.S.Case No.351 of 2025, registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, the police seized 23 ltrs. of country-made liquor from two sacks. 4. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. Learned counsel further submitted that the petitioner has no concern with the seized liquor. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 85986 of 2025(2) dt.18-12-2025 2/2 5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail. 6. Having considered the rival submissions of the parties, as well as, considering the fact that total 23 ltrs. liquor has been recovered, the petitioner is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the district court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned District and Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Exclusive Special Judge, Excise Court No.1, Aurangabad (Bihar) in connection with Aurangabad Muffasil P.S.Case 351 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C./Section 482(2) of BNSS. 7. The learned district court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner is involved in some other cases as what has been stated in paragraph No.3 of the bail application, this order will automatically lose its force. chn/- (Purnendu Singh, J) U T