Gautam Kumar @ Gautam Paswan v. The State of Bihar
CR. MISC./136/2025 · 2025-02-04
Prabhat Kumar Singh
body2025
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.136 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-67 Year-2024 Thana- BUDHUCHAK District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Gautam Kumar @ Gautam Paswan S/o Narayan Paswan R/o Village- Mathurapur, P.S.- Shivnarayanpur, District- Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Baijnath Sah, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs. Meena Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-02-2025 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 Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per prosecution case, 55 liters of country made liquor was recovered from the seized motorcycle.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner is neither driver nor owner of the vehicle in question and he has been made accused only on suspicion.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the petitioner has got two criminal antecedents of similar nature.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.136 of 2025(2) dt.04-02-2025 2/2
6. Considering the criminal antecedents of similar nature, prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is refused.
Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T