IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.67742 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-122 Year-2025 Thana- KHAIRA District- Saran ====================================================== Sanjay Rai S/o Raghubir Yadav R/o - Loha Chapra, P.S - Khaira, District - Saran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Mirtunjay Kumar Tiwary For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Nand Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 2 08-10-2025 1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Khaira Police Station Case No. 122 of 2025, disclosing offences under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per the prosecution case, informant got secret information that petitioner was selling liquor from his house. During a raid, 15 liters of country-made liquor were recovered from a bag allegedly thrown by the petitioner. The petitioner’s name was disclosed by an arrested person namely Raghubir Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.67742 of 2025(2) dt.08-10-2025 2/3 Yadav. 4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner has no knowledge of the alleged recovery of 15 liters of countrymade liquor from an unidentified jhola (bag). No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession and or premises belonging to the petitioner. His name was not disclosed by any person in connection with the alleged offence. 5. Having regard to the submissions made on behalf of the parties and taking into consideration the fact that illicit liquor has been recovered from a place outside the house of the petitioner, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail. 6. This application is, accordingly, allowed. 7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge-III, Excise, Saran, in connection with Khaira Police Station Case No. 122 of 2025, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.67742 of 2025(2) dt.08-10-2025 3/3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023. HarshPandey/- (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) U T