IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55108 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-295 Year-2025 Thana- BARUN District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Anil Chandravanshi @ Anil Kumar, Son of Jagnath Chandravanshi @ Jagrannath Chandravanshi R/O Village - Mohanganj, P.S.- Barun, District - Aurangabad, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Lalbahadur Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shantanu Kumar, 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 Barun P.S. Case No. 295 of 2025, instituted under Sections 30(a), 33 and 36 of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act. 3. There is recovery of 1560 litre spirit liquor from a pick-up van which was driven by co-accused Mahendra Kumar. He disclosed that petitioner along with two co-accused persons had ordered for the same and it had to deliver to co-accused persons, namely Raja and Shankar. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. There is no material against the petitioner, except the disclosure statement made by the co-accused. Petitioner is neither driver nor Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55108 of 2025(2) dt.27-08-2025 2/2 owner of the said vehicle. Petitioner has no concern with the seized liquor or the co-accused persons. Petitioner was not arrested on the spot. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent. He undertakes to co-operate in the investigation and trial. Similarly situated co- accused, namely, Deepak Kumar has been granted anticipatory bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, vide order dated 12.08.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 49814 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 District & Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Exclusive Special Judge, Excise Court No. 1, Aurangabad in connection with Barun P.S. Case No. 295 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