IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3259 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-242 Year-2024 Thana- HATHUA District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Shubham Singh S/o Ramesh Singh Resident Of Village- Ramgadh, Po- Khalwa, Ps- Nautan, Distt.- Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Dhananjay Kumar Shahi, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Narsingh Tanti, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 2 20-02-2025 1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. These applications, for grant of anticipatory bail, arise out of Hathua PS case no. 242 of 2024, disclosing offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022. 3. The prosecution story, as per the First Information Report, is that on 07.10.2024 at about 10.20 hours, on secret information, the informant along with police party reached at Hathua Bujurg Pul and saw that the petitioner along with co- accused were coming on a motorcycle along with carton. It is alleged that after seeing the police party, both persons fled away leaving the motorcycle and carton. Total 86.400 liters of illicit countrymade liquor have been recovered from the carton. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3259 of 2025(2) dt.20-02-2025 2/2 4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case on the basis of suspicion. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner has no concern either with the vehicle or with the seized liquor. He also submits that illicit liquor has not been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. 5. Having regard to the submissions made on behalf of the parties and taking into consideration the fact that petitioner is having criminal antecedents of similar nature of offence and appears to be habitual offender, I am not inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to him. Accordingly, the prayer of petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail is rejected. rinkee/- (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) U T