IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24268 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-564 Year-2025 Thana- PAKRIDAYAL District- East Champaran ====================================================== Basant Paswan, Son of Ramjanam Paswan, Resident of Village- Dhanauji, Ward No 04., P.S.- Pakaridayal, District- East Champaran at Motihari. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dilip Kumar Roy, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Ms. Pronoti Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 2 17-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered under Section 30(a) of Bihar Excise Act. 3. As per prosecution case, 100 liters illicit liquor was recovered from the bank of pond situated at Dhanauji Sareh. 4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case due to his two criminal antecedents. Further submission is that petitioner has no concern with the seized liquor. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Similarly situated co- accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 16.04.2026 Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24268 of 2026(2) dt.17-04-2026 2/2 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 23602 of 2026. Petitioner undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and trial. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the prayer for bail. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties, nature of allegation and the fact that similarly situated co- accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000 (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No. 3, East Champaran at Motihari, in connection with Pakaridayal P.S. Case No. 564 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. utkarsh/- (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) U T