IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27595 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-223 Year-2026 Thana- JAKKANPUR District- Patna ====================================================== Jitendra Kumar @ Jitendra Saw @ Jitendra Sahu S/o Tileshwar Saw R/o- 7,3 Ajad Lane Purandarpur, P.S.- Jakkanpur, Distt- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ram Jiban Pd Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Md. Nazir Ansari, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in Jakkanpur P. S. Case No. 223 of 2026 registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per prosecution case, 256.98 liters illicit liquor was recovered from the house of co-accused Shankar Prasad Gupta. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. He has been made accused in this case only on suspicion. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the petitioner has got three criminal antecedents out of which two are of similar nature. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27595 of 2026(2) dt.04-05-2026 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