IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86964 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-682 Year-2024 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Mithun Paswan S/O Late Mishri Paswan Resident of Village- Madwa Pakad, P.S.-Saraiya, Distt.- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-03-2025 Heard learned counsels for the parties. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a), 32(3) and 45 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per prosecution case, 78.72 litres illicit foreign liquor was recovered from the house of co-accused Lavkhush Mahto. Petitioner’s name transpired during course of investigation, on the basis of secret information. Petitioner has also got four criminal antecedents out of which three are of similar nature. 4. Considering the nature of accusation, huge quantity of recovery and the fact that petitioner has got four criminal Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86964 of 2024(2) dt.27-03-2025 2/2 antecedents out of which three are of similar nature, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is rejected. shashank/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T