IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26543 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-366 Year-2024 Thana- MAHNAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Bhagat S/O Late Suresh Bhagat R/O village- Murauwatpur, PS- Desari, Dist.- Vaishahli, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anil Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Ms. Sharda Kumari, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 14-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per prosecution case, 535 liters illicit liquor was recovered from the seized car bearing registration no. BR01HT7087. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner is neither driver nor owner of the vehicle in question and he has been made accused in this case only on the basis of confessional statement of co- accused who was apprehended on the spot. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26543 of 2025(2) dt.14-07-2025 2/2 bail and submits that the petitioner has got seven criminal antecedents. 6. Considering the criminal antecedents and other facts and circumstances of the case, prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is refused. Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T