IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35461 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-502 Year-2020 Thana- RAJAOLI District- Nawada ====================================================== Pappu Yadav @ Pappu Prasad @ Pappu S/o Parmeshwar Yadav R/o Vill- Sakin Satgir, P.S.- Rajauli, Distt- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pramod Kumar Verma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Choubey Jawahar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 2 21-05-2026 Heard Mr. Pramod Kumar Verma, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Choubey Jawahar, learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Rajauli P.S. Case No. 502 of 2020 for the offence under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per the prosecution story, the Police during patrolling saw some persons. Though, they managed to escape, there is recovery/seizure of 4 liters of country made mahua liquor, 1,000 liters of fermented mahua as also utensils. As they moved forward, another set of recovery of 21 liters mahua and 5,000 liters fermented mahua were found. The locals gave the name of the accused persons, petitioner included. This led to the FIR. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35461 of 2026(2) dt.21-05-2026 2/2 4. Though learned counsel for the petitioner tried to impress upon this Court the innocence, learned APP, Mr. Choubey Jawahar submits that the case is of the year 2020, and further, he has two criminal antecedents. 5. Taking into account the submissions of the parties as also the facts that have been narrated above, no relief can be extended to the petitioner. 6. The anticipatory bail application stands rejected. 7. If, however, the petitioner surrenders within four weeks, the concerned Court shall take up the matter and dispose it of preferably on the same day. Adnan/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U T