IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55095 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-97 Year-2025 Thana- KANHAULI District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Vinod Sahni S/o Birendra Sahni R/o Vill- Pipra Ghat, P.S.- Kanhauli, Distt- Sitamarhi. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar Dubey, Advocate Ms. Deepika Mishra, Advocate Ms. Priya Raj, Advocate Mr. Diwakar Pandey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Mohammad Sufyan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 2 27-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Kanhauli P.S. Case No. 97 of 2025, instituted under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act. 3. There is recovery of 1170 litre illicit liquor from an open place. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Recovery has been made from an open place which is easily accessible to anyone. Petitioner has no concern with the seized liquor. Petitioner has two criminal Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55095 of 2025(2) dt.27-08-2025 2/2 antecedents of similar nature in which he is on bail. He undertakes to co-operate in the investigation and trial. Similarly situated co- accused, namely, Ashok Sahni @ Ashok Kumar has been granted anticipatory bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, vide order dated 30.07.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 50620 of 2025. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submission 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 bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No. 1, Sitamarhi in connection with Kanhauli P.S. Case No. 97 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.), 2023. rakhi/- (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) U T