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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6881 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-343 Year-2019 Thana- RIVILGANJ District- Saran ====================================================== Ramesh Kumar Son of Sri Kanchan Sharma R/o - Mangal Talab, Chik Toli, P.S.- Chowk, District - Patna. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Abhimanyu Deo, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Ms.Nirmala Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 21-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner, in the present case, is seeking pre- arrest bail in connection with Revilganj P.S. Case No.343 of 2019 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 188 and 272/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 30, 38 and 41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. The petitioner has got three criminal antecedents.
3. As per the prosecution story, allegedly 63 liters of illicit liquors have been recovered from a car.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel submits that there is no recovery of liquor from the conscious possession of the petitioner.
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5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Having regard to the submissions that this petitioner is owner of the vehicle from which 63 liters foreign liquor has been recovered and the apprehended person has disclosed his identity and further that this petitioner has got three criminal antecedents, this Court is not inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. His prayer is refused.
7. In case the petitioner surrenders and prays for regular bail in the learned court below within a period of four weeks from today, his prayer for regular bail shall be considered on its own merit without being prejudiced by the order of this Court.
arvind/- (Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) U T