IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43098 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-237 Year-2026 Thana- BAHERA District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Krishnakant Chaudhary @ Krishna Kant Chaudhary S/o Late-Kushe Choudhary Resident of Village- Makrampur, Ward No. 13, Post- Ramauli, P.S.- Bahera, District- Darbhanga, Pin- 847201, State- Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Ms. Kanchan Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ajit Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 01-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in Bahera P. S. Case No. 237 of 2026 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per prosecution case, 85.590 liters of country made liquor was recovered near water tank. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. He has been made accused in this case only on suspicion. Recovery has been made from an open place accessible to one and all. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the petitioner has got three criminal Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43098 of 2026(2) dt.01-07-2026 2/2 antecedents of similar nature. 6. Considering the criminal antecedents of similar nature, prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is refused. Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T