IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.67125 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-42 Year-2025 Thana- Mahuli District- Sheikhpura ====================================================== Alakhdev Choudhary S/o Late Sahdev Choudhary R/o Village- Afardih, P.S.- Mahuli, Distt.- Sheikhpura ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Ms. Kumari Anupam, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Nagendra Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 2 24-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Mahuli P.S. Case No. 42 of 2025 dated 28.07.2025 instituted for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018. 3. The allegation is of recovery of 5 litres country made liquor and 30 litres semi-fermented liquor from the bank of river. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that the petitioner has not been arrested on the spot. Only on the basis of disclosure made by the local chaukidar, the petitioner has been made accused in this Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.67125 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 2/2 case. Nothing has been recovered either from the conscious possession of the petitioner or from his house. The petitioner has no concern with the said recovery. Lastly, it has been submitted that petitioner has one criminal case against him. 5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest / surrender of the petitioner within a period of six weeks from today, in connection with Mahuli P.S. Case No. 42 of 2025, he will 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 the learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge, Sheikhpura subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., premchand/- (Khatim Reza, J) U T