IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43190 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-587 Year-2025 Thana- BHORE District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Sikandar Kumar Bin @ Sikandar Bin S/o Mangru Bin Resident of Village- Semra, P.S.- Bhore, District- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Dewanand Tiwari, Advocate For the State : Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-07-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per prosecution case, 216 litres illicity country made was recovered from the seized car and co-accused Sumit Kumar Bin was apprehended, who disclosed the name of this petitioner. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the vehicle in question and has been made an accused in this Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43190 of 2026(2) dt.02-07-2026 2/2 case merely on the basis of disclosure made by apprehended co- accused person. Save and except confessional statement, there is no material on record to show the complicity of this petitioner in the alleged offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of this petitioner. 5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and submitted that huge quantity of liquor was recovered from the seized vehicle. Petitioner has got five criminal antecedents of similar nature. 6. Considering the nature of accusation, recovery of huge quantity of illicit liquor from the seized vehicle and fact that petitioner has got five criminal antecedents of similar nature, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is rejected. shashank/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T