IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34739 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-184 Year-2026 Thana- BAIRIYA District- West Champaran ====================================================== 1. Videshi Chaudhari son of Late Pujan Chaudhari Resident of Siswa Sareya, P.S.- Bairiya, District -West Champaran 2. Dhenuk Chaudhari @ Dhenu Chaudhari Son of Chandrika Chaudhari Resident of Siswa Sareya, P.S.- Bairiya, District -West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Niraj Kumar Sharma, Adv For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Indu Kumari Srivastava, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 2 20-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case in connection with Bairiya P.S. Case No. 184 of 2026 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per the prosecution case, altogether 60 litres of country made liquor was recovered from a hut adjacent to a burning ghat. It has been alleged that petitioner and two others were stated to have fled away from the place of occurrence, the said fact being disclosed by a local chowkidar. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners have submitted that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and the place of recovery is a hut adjacent to a Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34739 of 2026(2) dt.20-05-2026 2/2 burning ghat and accessible to all and not within the control of the petitioner. It has further been submitted that local chowkidar is on inimical terms with the petitioner and he has falsely taken the name of the petitioner. It has further been submitted that the search and seizure is in violation of Section 105 of the BNSS. It has lastly been submitted that petitioners have got no criminal antecedents. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, in connection with Bairiya P.S. Case No. 184 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. 7. The application stands allowed. niku/aarti/- (Praveen Kumar, J) U T