IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34370 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-23 Year-2026 Thana- Panchanpur District- Gaya ====================================================== Raja Paswan S/o Vinod Paswan R/o village- Malsari, P.S- Panchanpur, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Vinod Kumar, Adv For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Kanhiya Kishor, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 2 19-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Panchapur P.S. Case No. 23 of 2026 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) & 30(d) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Amendment Act. 3. As per the prosecution case, when the police party reached a Malsari forest upon the secret information that petitioner along with co-accused persons Ramji Manjhi and Kanchan Paswan are involved in the manufacturing of illicit country made liquor. The said area was raided, co-accused Ramji Paswan was apprehended on the spot and total 25 liters of illicit country made liquor and 600 liters of jawa mahua was recovered. It has alleged that petitioner managed to flee away Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34370 of 2026(2) dt.19-05-2026 2/3 from the place of occurrence. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. It has further been submitted that the petitioner was not arrested at the spot and nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It has also been submitted that the procedure prescribed under Section 103 of the BNSS has not been followed. Lastly, it has been submitted that although the petitioner has two criminal antecedents, one of which relates to a similar offence, he is on bail in both cases. Moreover, the police has implicated the petitioner due to a pending Excise Case against him. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the nature of allegation against the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, in connection with Panchapur P.S. Case No. 23 of 2026, subject Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34370 of 2026(2) dt.19-05-2026 3/3 to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharitya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.) 7. This application stands allowed. niku/rupa/- (Praveen Kumar, J) U T