IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34684 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-7 Year-2019 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Purnia ====================================================== Suman Kumar Mandal @ Suman Mandal S/o Shree Ram Gopal Mandal @ Sushil Mandal R/o Naya Tola Abdullah Nagar Belouri, P.S.- Sadar, District- Purnia ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Arun Kumar Mandal, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs. Sucheta Yadav, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 2 22-05-2025 This case has been heard through video conferencing. 2. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 3. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in connection with C-1 Case No. 07 of 2019 for the offence registered under sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act by the informant, Md. Sohrab Alam. 4. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that one auto was intercepted and there is recovery/seizure of 74.040 liters of foreign liquor. This led to the FIR. 5. Learned Counsel for the petitioner tried to impress upon this Court that he was away to Delhi and had no knowledge about the misuse of the vehicle. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34684 of 2025(2) dt.22-05-2025 2/2 6. Learned APP for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail submitting that the FIR was lodged in the year 2019 and 6 years later, he has chosen to move before this Hon’ble Court. 7. Considering the submissions of the parties and also of the delay in coming to the Court, it would be appropriate that the petitioner seeks regular bail. 8. The anticipatory bail application stands rejected. ajay/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U T