IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.888 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-391 Year-2018 Thana- RIVILGANJ District- Saran ====================================================== 1 . Gulteni Mahto S/o Shivshankar Mahto @ Shivshankar Bin R/o Jan Tola, P.O. - Daulatganj, P.S. - Revilganj, Distt. - Saran, Bihar 2. Jaee Mahto @ Jaya Bin S/o Shivshankar Mahto @ Shivshankar Bin R/o Jan Tola, P.O. - Daulatganj, P.S. - Revilganj, Distt. - Saran, Bihar 3 . Anil Mahto S/o Loknath Mahto R/o Jan Tola, P.O. - Daulatganj, P.S. - Revilganj, Distt. - Saran, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shweta Anand , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shahabuddin Azeem @ S. Azeem , APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 10-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State . 2. Petitioners apprehend arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30 (a)/ 41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016 . 3 . Prosecution case is that 135 liters country made liquor were recovered from an open place . 4. It is submitted that petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case . No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.888 of 2025(2) dt.10-02-2025 2/2 5 . Learned counsel for the State submits that petitioner No. 1 has got 3 criminal antecedents of similar nature , petitioner No. 2 has got 3 criminal antecedents of similar nature and petitioner No. 3 has got two criminal antecedents of similar nature . 6. Considering the facts of the case as also the fact that huge quantity of liquor have been recovered and criminal antecedents of these petitioners, their prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T