IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55122 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-394 Year-2025 Thana- BIHTA District- Patna ====================================================== Ansh Anand S/O Harendra Singh R/O Village- Kuiya, Akauna, P.O.- Akauna, P.S.- Barahara, Dist.- Bhojpur- 802311 ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Abhimanyu Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Rajiv Nayan, 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 Bihta P.S. Case No. 394 of 2025, instituted under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act. 3. There is recovery of 180 litre liquor from the possession of co-accused Arjun Rai who was sitting in a four- wheeler car with Mantosh Kumar. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case being the owner of the seized vehicle. Petitioner on account of good friendship with the other co-accused graciously handed over the car and keys to Arjun Roy and Mantosh Kumar who misused the vehicle without consent of the petitioner. Nothing has been Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55122 of 2025(2) dt.27-08-2025 2/2 recovered either from the seized vehicle or from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner has no concern with the seized liquor. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent. He undertakes to co-operate in the investigation and trial. 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 Court of Special Excise Judge, Danapur in connection with Bihta P.S. Case No. 394 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