IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57479 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-421 Year-2026 Thana- BAHERI District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Rizwan @ Chotu Ansari @ Rashid Ansari @ Rizwan Ansari Son of Late Sultan Ansari Resident of Village- Anarkothi, P.S.- Pator, District- Darbhanga ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Saurav Anand, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Ms.Asha Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 19-08-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Baheri P.S.Case No.421 of 2026, registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, the police seized total 815.61 ltrs. of foreign liquor from the Additional Primary Health Centre building. 4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner informs that the alleged recovery of huge quantity of liquor has been made from the Additional Primary Health Centre building, which is in dilapidated condition near the government hospital at Nimaithi Chowk, petitioner is of another Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57479 of 2026(3) dt.19-08-2026 2/3 village, namely, Anarkothi, P.S. Pator, District Darbhanga and he has no connection with the alleged offence, as well as, two co-accused persons belonging to the said village have been released on pre-arrest bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, vide order dated 12.08.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No.57196 of 2026. 5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail. 6. Having heard the rival submissions of the parties, as well as, considering the fact that the petitioner has made specific statement that the alleged recovery has been made from the Additional Primary Health Centre building, which is in dilapidated condition near the government hospital and the name of the petitioner has been roped in the present case on the basis of the report of the local Chowkidar merely on the basis of suspicion and the role of the government official can not be denied in the present occurrence, the the petitioner is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the district court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned district court where the case is pending in Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57479 of 2026(3) dt.19-08-2026 3/3 connection with Baheri P.S.Case No.421 of 2026 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C./Section 482(2) of BNSS. 7. The learned district court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner is involved in some other cases as what has been stated in paragraph No.3 of the bail application, this order will automatically lose its force. chn/- (Purnendu Singh, J) U T