IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 57469 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-486 Year-2023 Thana- MADHUBAN District- East Champaran ====================================================== Sunil Chaudhari @ Sunil Chaudhary S/o Amira Chaudhary R/o Village - Ward No. 13, Ataullahpur, PS - Lalganj, District - Vaishali at Hajipur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Khushi Awadh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Ms.Indu Kumari Srivastava, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 19-08-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned APP for the State. 2. Petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Madhuban P.S.Case No.486 of 2023, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 41(1) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act. 3. Considering the admission made by the petitioner in paragraph no.11 of the bail application that he had purchased the vehicle in question from one Jay Prakash, who is the owner of Saint John Academy and the the school used to sell their old vehicles in scrap. The registration numbers of the vehicle are BR31P 3699 and BR06 PA 6348. The petitioner claims himself to be a scrap buyer. The petitioner has brought on record the agreement dated 01.03.2022 upon which the signature of Jay Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 57469 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 2/2 Prakash as the owner of the vehicle is available, I find that the complicity of the petitioner in committing of the offence can not be rules out at this stage. 4.The present bail application is accordingly dismissed. chn/- (Purnendu Singh, J) U T