IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14783 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-891 Year-2024 Thana- AURANGABAD TOWN District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Gautam Kumar @ Gautam kumar Gupta S/o Late Govind Prasad Gupta R/O Village-Abdulpur, P.S Rafiganj, District-Aurangabad. At present Village- Jarma Khap, P.S-Muffasil, District-Aurangabad. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Ms. Mukul Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Ms. Asha Devi, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 2 02-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with in a case registered under Section 30(a) of Bihar Excise Act. 3. As per the prosecution case, 61.275 liters illicit liquor was recovered from the house of co-accused Vikas Kumar and on his disclosure, 18 liters illicit liquor was recovered from the printing press of this petitioner. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Further submission is that petitioner was neither present at the time of occurrence nor he has any concern with the seized liquor. Petitioner had no knowledge about the illicit liquor that Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14783 of 2025(2) dt.02-04-2025 2/2 was kept in his printing press. Printing press is operated by many staff. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and trial. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, Excise Court No. I, Aurangabad in connection with Aurangabad Town P.S. Case No. 891 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023. utkarsh/- (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) U T