IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17549 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-559 Year-2025 Thana- GARDANIBAG District- Patna ====================================================== Ajay Ram @ Badal Kumar Son of Late Sethi @ Late Sethi Ram Resident of Yarpur Mushari, P.S.- Gardanibagh, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Aryan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 01-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in Gardanibagh P. S. Case No. 559 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per the prosecution case, 5.94 liters illicit liquor was recovered from the house of petitioner. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and he is no way connected with the aforesaid recovery. Petitioner has been made accused only on suspicion. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State submits that 5.94 liters illicit liquor was recovered from the house of the petitioner and he has got two criminal antecedents of similar nature. He further Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17549 of 2026(2) dt.01-04-2026 2/2 submits that petitioner is not entitled to the privilege of anticipatory bail in view of Full Bench decision of this 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.). 6. Considering the aforesaid facts, anticipatory bail application of the petitioner is rejected. Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T