IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55272 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-768 Year-2026 Thana- EXCISE BAGHA District- West Champaran ====================================================== Jawed Alam S/o Munir Alam R/o Village - Belhawa, Police Station - Laukariya, District - West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Ms. Prerna Anand, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Pramod Kumar Pandey, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-08-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner apprehends 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, 1386 litres illicit liquor was recovered from the seized tractor. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner is neither driver nor owner of the tractor in question. Petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery and he has been made accused in this case merely on the basis of confessional statement of apprehended co-accused. Petitioner claims clean antecedent. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55272 of 2026(2) dt.13-08-2026 2/2 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the bail application. 6. Considering nature of accusation and clean antecedent, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, Excise, Bagaha, West Champaran in connection with Bagaha Excise P. S. Case No. 768 of 2026, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T