IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41735 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-523 Year-2025 Thana- MANER District- Patna ====================================================== Kanti Devi W/O Sudeshwar Saw R/O Vill- Daudpur, P.S- Maner, Dist- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Shambhu Sharan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Damodar Prasad Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 2 08-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Maner P.S. Case No. 523 of 2025 instituted under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise and Prohibition Act, 2022 3. As per the prosecution case, petitioner is the owner of the motorcycle from which 171 liters of illicit foreign liquor has been recovered. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. It is next submitted petitioner was only the owner of the motorcycle and has no knowledge of the alleged contraband of loaded in the vehicle. Petitioner has clean antecedent. 5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41735 of 2026(2) dt.08-07-2026 2/2 for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 6. Considering the huge recovery, this is not a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail. 7. Accordingly, the application stands dismissed. 8. The petitioner is directed to surrender and pray for regular bail in the court below. tusharika/- (Sandeep Kumar, J) U T