IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69041 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-115 Year-2025 Thana- IMAMGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== 1. Bhola Das S/O Shriman Das R/O Village- Malhari Tola, Quadirganj, P.S.- Imamganj, District- Gaya Jee 2. Suvindra Kumar Ravi @ Chhotu Das S/O Faguni Das R/O Village- Chhotka Karasan, P.S.- Imamganj, District- Gaya Jee ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Syed Asgher Najmi For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Parmanand Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 2 08-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Imanganj P.S. Case No. 115 of 2025 registered for the offences under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2018. 3. As per the prosecution story, on 12.04.2025, Manoj Kumar Singh lodged an FIR reporting that the accused/petitioners, along with others, were allegedly preparing illicit country-made liquor in the Barka Dhorba forest. Acting on confidential information, police reached the site and apprehended three co-accused—Malo Bhumiyan, Yadu Yadav, Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69041 of 2025(2) dt.08-10-2025 2/3 and Mungeshar Yadav—who stated that the accused/petitioners were involved in the production of mahua liquor. During the search, police seized 70 liters of illicit liquor, 8 furnaces, and 6,500 liters of Jawa mahua Mitha Ghol used in its preparation. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the seized articles is recovered from an open place in the forest and the articles which was used for preparation of illicit liquor does not belong to him and his name has surfaced on the basis of confessional statement made by co-accused and on search by the Police, no incriminating articles is said to have been recovered from his place of residence and further, these petitioners have no criminal antecedent and there is no independent eye-witness to the said search and seizure. 5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail application. 6. Regard being had to the submission made by the parties, taking into consideration the fact that illicit liquor has not been recovered from the conscious possession and / or premises belonging to the petitioners and the petitioners have clean antecedent, accordingly, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 7. Let the petitioners, above named, be released on Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69041 of 2025(2) dt.08-10-2025 3/3 anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Excise Judge 02, Gaya Jee, in connection with Imanganj P.S. Case No. 115 of 2025 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023. sharun/- (Ajit Kumar, J) U T