IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24967 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-243 Year-2023 Thana- NATWAR District- Rohtas ====================================================== Ravish Kumar @ Golu Kumar S/o- Harendra Rai Resident of Village- Kharwat, P.S.- Natwar, District- Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The Sate of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Shashi Kant, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Sanjay Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 2 05-05-2025 1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Natwar PS case no. 243 of 2023 dated 29.12.2023, disclosing offences punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. The prosecution story, as per the First Information report, is that 12 liters of illicit countrymade liquor has been recovered from near the pond. 4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case and has not committed any offence in the manner alleged. The petitioner is stated to be having no criminal antecedent. He further submits that the illicit liquor has not been recovered from the conscious Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24967 of 2025(2) dt.05-05-2025 2/2 possession of the petitioner and/ or premises belonging to the petitioner. 5. Having regard to the submissions made on behalf of the parties and taking into consideration the fact that petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and illicit liquor has been recovered from near the pond, which is open space, accessible to all and sundry, I am inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. This application is, accordingly, allowed. 7. Let petitioner, abovenamed, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No. 2-cum- District and Additional Sessions Judge, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Natwar PS case no. 243 of 2023, subject to the condition laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. rinkee/- (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) U T