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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11287 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-185 Year-2024 Thana- Dehri Mufassil District- Rohtas ====================================================== Sanjit Kumar Son of Krishna Singh @ Aashnarayan Singh @ Bigan Resident of Village - Patpura, P.S. - Dehri (M), District - Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Rajesh Kumar Singh, Advocate : Mr.Mahendra Pratap, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Uday Chand Prasad, APP For the Vigilance : Mr.Paritosh Parimal, Advocate ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 2 27-03-2025
1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Dehri (M) PS case no. 185 of 2024 dated 21.12.2024, disclosing offences punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The prosecution story, as per the First Information report, is that Police recovered 30 liters of illicit countrymade liquor kept in a white plastic bag from near the road. It is alleged that Mahal Chowkidar has disclosed the name of the petitioner as one of the persons, who fled away by the motorcycle throwing the bag.
4.
Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11287 of 2025(2) dt.27-03-2025 2/2 petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case on the basis of disclosure made by the Mahal Chowkidar. He further submits that illicit liquor has been recovered from near the road, which is an open space. He also submits that petitioner is not the owner of the alleged motorcycle.
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 near the road, which is an open space, accessible to all and sundry, I am inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. This application is, accordingly, allowed.
7. Let petitioner, abovenamed, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within six 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, Excise-I, Rohtas at Ssasaram in connection with Dehri (M) PS case no. 185 of 2024, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
rinkee/- (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) U T