Dharmendra Chaudhary @ Dharmendra Kumar v. The State of Bihar
CR. MISC./24794/2025 · 2025-05-05
Prabhat Kumar Singh
body2025
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24794 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-8 Year-2025 Thana- RAJGIR District- Nalanda ====================================================== Dharmendra Chaudhary @ Dharmendra Kumar son of Late Raju Chaudhary village- Ram Hari Pind, Ps- Rajgir, Dist- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Raj Kishor Prasad For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ramesh Chandra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-05-2025 Heard learned counsels for the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per prosecution case, 25.8 litres illicit country made liquor has been recovered from the house of this petitioner.
4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of this petitioner and he is in no way connected with the aforesaid recovery.
5. On the other hand, learned APP appearing for the State submits that petitioner is not entitled to the privilge of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24794 of 2025(2) dt.05-05-2025 2/2 anticipatory bail in view of decision of the Full Bench of this Hon’ble Court rendered in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. The State of Bihar reported in 2019(2) P.L.J.R. 1089 (F.B.). Petitioner has got two criminal antecedents of similar nature.
6. Considering the aforesaid decision of this Court and fact that petitioner has got two criminal antecedents of similar nature, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to this petitioner is rejected.
shashank/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T