IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5430 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-453 Year-2022 Thana- MADHUBANI TOWN District- Madhubani ====================================================== Md. Chand S/o Md. Faruk R/o Village- Baira, P.S.- Jaynagar, District- Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ravi Prakash, Adv For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Damodar Prasad Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 2 19-02-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The accused/petitioner is named in the F.I.R. and apprehended his arrest in connection with Town P.S. Case No. 453 of 2022 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act and Sections 414 and 34 of the IPC. 3. The allegation against the petitioner is to be engaged in illegal trading/manufacturing of illicit liquor, where, there is recovery of 10 litres of IMFL/country made liquor. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5430 of 2025(2) dt.19-02-2025 2/3 4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the implication of petitioner in the present case appears only for the reason, as he is the owner of the motorcycle bearing registration no. BR 32 F 805, which was given to the co-accused namely Baiju Mukhiya/co-villager in good faith for some use but appears misused. It is submitted that carrying liquor through motorcycle was not under knowledge of this petitioner. While concluding the argument it is submitted that petitioner is a man of clean antecedent. 5. Learned APP appearing on behalf of the State, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 6. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances and by taking note of the fact as petitioner implicated only being owner of the motorcycle, where nothing recovered from his physical possession, who is a man of clean antecedent, accordingly the petitioner above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of four weeks, is directed to be released on bail, furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) Patna High Court CR. MISC. MISC. No.5430 of 2025(2) dt.19-02-2025 3/3 each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-II-cum- Special Judge, Excise Act, Madhubani/concerned trial court where the case is pending in connection with Town P.S. Case No. 453 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. S.Tripathi/- (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.) U T