IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.89085 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-129 Year-2024 Thana- HASANPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== Laxman Kumar @ Lakshman Kumar S/o Late Mayaram Mahto Resident of Village- Maldah, P.S.- Hasanpur, Dist.- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sarbottam Kumar Sarkar , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Rajesh Kumar , APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 28-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016 (amended 2022) . 3. Prosecution case is that 887 liters 610 ml liters indian made foreign liquor were recovered from pick up vehicle in question . 4. It is submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case . Petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the vehicle in question . No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. 5 . Learned counsel for the State submits that the huge Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89085 of 2024(3) dt.28-01-2025 2/2 quantity of liquor have been recovered from the pick up vehicle and petitioner has got two criminal antecedent of similar nature . 6. Considering the facts of the case as also the fact that huge quantity of liquor have been recovered from the vehicle and petitioner has got two criminal antecedent of similar nature , prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T