IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56159 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-124 Year-2026 Thana- PAHARPUR District- East Champaran ====================================================== Vikrama Mahto S/o Shree Mahto Resident of Village- Siswa Kanhi Tola, P.S.- Paharpur, Dist.- E. Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dhannjay Kumar II, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Anzarul Haque Sahara, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 2 13-08-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Paharpur P.S. Case No. 124 of 2026 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. The allegation in the FIR is that 12 litres of country made wine had been recovered from a motorcycle which was being driven by petitioner and after seeing the police party he fled away leaving the motorcycle. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he has falsely been implicated in the present case and is not involved in any offence as alleged. He further submits that the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56159 of 2026(2) dt.13-08-2026 2/2 motorcycle was parked by the side of the road and that the liquor allegedly recovered from the motorcycle was planted either by the police party or by someone else to implicate the petitioner. He fairly submits that the petitioner has one criminal antecedent, but the same does not relate to any offence under the Excise Act. 5. Learned APP appearing for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail. 6. Having considered the rival submissions of the parties, and in particular the contention that the liquor was planted to falsely implicate the petitioner, let the petitioner named above be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each of the satisfaction of learned Special Judge Excise Court No.-1 East Champaran at Motihari/concerned court, in connection with Paharpur P.S. Case No. 124 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. rishabh/- (Ranjan Kumar Jha, J) U T