IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26669 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-43 Year-2025 Thana- MEHSI District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ashok Singh Son of Munsi Singh Resident of Vill.- Mani Chhapra, P.O.- Mehsi, P.S.- Chakiya, Dist.- East Champaran, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Dhananjay Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Dinesh Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 3 26-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mehsi P.S. Case No. 43 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. 3. As per prosecution case, 108 litre illicit liquor was recovered from Bolero Pick-Up Van in question and 3425.400 litre illicit liquor was also recovered from truck in question. Local chaukidar disclosed the name of the petitioner and others who succeeded in fleeing away from the place of occurrence. 4. Learned counsel submits through paragraph 10 of the instant bail petition that petitioner is neither driver nor owner of any of the seized vehicles in question. Petitioner was not found Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26669 of 2025(3) dt.26-05-2025 2/2 at the place of occurrence. He is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged in the FIR and he has falsely been implicated in this case. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner bears criminal antecedent of nine cases in which he is on bail. 5. The learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner by submitting that petitioner is having a series of criminal antecedents of similar nature. Therefore, the case of present petitioner is not similar to the other co-accused. Hence, he does not deserve bail. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that petitioner is having series of criminal antecedents (nine cases) of similar nature, I am not inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected. alok/- (Alok Kumar Pandey, J) U T