IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30558 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-20 Year-2026 Thana- Dhobaha District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Manjeet Yadav Son of Vijay Yadav Resident of Village - Mani Ray Ke Tola, P.S.- Dhobhan, District - Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Arun Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 2 07-05-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. This application for grant of anticipatory bail arises out of Dhobha Police Station Case No. 20 of 2026, dated 01.03.2026, disclosing offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. That the prosecution case, as per the First Information Report, is that on 01.03.2026, upon receiving secret information that unknown persons were doing business of illicit liquor on the banks of river Ganga, the police force and local chaukidar, reached to village Salempur at Mani Ram Ke Tola near the bank of Ganga. During search at Teteriya Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30558 of 2026(2) dt.07-05-2026 2/3 Bara, two persons carrying sacks on their heads were seen, who, on seeing police party, threw away the sacks and fled away from the place of occurrence. The local chaukidar identified them as the petitioner and co-accused Sanni Singh. On search, total 203.97 litres of illicit foreign liquor was recovered from the sacks near bathan (cowshed). 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence in the manner alleged. The petitioner has been made accused on the basis of disclosure of his name by the local chowkidar. He next submits that illicit liquor has not been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner and/or premises belonging him and from perusal of the seizure list it would be evident that illicit liquor has been recovered from near bathan (cowshed) situated at Tetariya village which is open space and is accessible to all and sundry. He further submits similarly situated co-accused Sanni Singh @ Sanni Kumar Singh has been granted anticipatory bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 30678 of 2026. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30558 of 2026(2) dt.07-05-2026 3/3 5. Regards being had to the submission made by the parties and taking into consideration the fact that illicit liquor has been recovered from open space which is accessible to all and sundry and similarly situated co-accused person has been granted anticipatory bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail. 6. This application is, accordingly, allowed. 7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within four 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 the learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge Court 1st , Bhojpur at Ara, in connection with Dhobha Police Station Case No. 20 of 2026, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. ashwani/- (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) U T