IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57539 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-85 Year-2026 Thana- Bhawanipur District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Pushpender Sharma @ Pushpender Kumar Son of Jatadhar Sharma R/O- Village- Kushaha P.S.- Bhawanipur, District - Bhagalpur. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Lakshmi Kant Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 2 19-08-2026 Heard Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP representing the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Bhawanipur P.S. Case No. 85 of 2026 for the offence under sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act lodged on 06.04.2026 by the informant, Narayan Kumar Pathak. 3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that on information, the Police reached a maize field near Kushwaha Satsang Bhawan and there is recovery/seizure of 445.44 liters foreign liquor. This led to the FIR. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the recovery/seizure is from an open place and not from his conscious possession, only because of criminal antecedent, got Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57539 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 2/4 implicated. Further submission is that without accepting the allegation or outcome of the petition the petitioner intends to pay Rs.20,000/- by Demand Draft issued by the local branch of the State Bank of India/any Nationalized Bank to the District Legal Services Authority, Bhagalpur for the beautification/purchasing of flower pots for the Civil Court Judgeship, Bhagalpur. 5. Further, learned counsel for the petitioner relied on the judgment of the Full Bench of Hon’ble Patna High Court in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. State of Bihar reported in 2019 (2) PLJR 1089 wherein it has been held that an application for anticipatory bail in a case arising out of Bihar Excise and Prohibition Act can be maintained, despite the bar under Section 76(2) of the Act, if on the basis of allegation made in the FIR, no offence under the said provision is made out. 6. Learned APP opposes the prayer submitting that he has criminal antecedent. 7. Taking into account the submissions of the parties and the judgment in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav (supra), as also that nothing has been recovered from his conscious possession, in that background, this Court is inclined to extend Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57539 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 3/4 him the privilege of anticipatory bail with conditions subject to payment of Rs.20,000/- by Demand Draft issued by the local branch of State Bank of India/any Nationalized Bank to the District Legal Services Authority, Bhagalpur for the beautification/purchasing of flower pots for the Civil Court Judgeship, Bhagalpur and the receipt has to be submitted before the Trial Court. 8. Let the petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Excise Judge, Camp Court at Naugachia, Bhagalpur in connection with Bhawanipur P.S. Case No. 85 of 2026 subject to the following conditions: (i) one of the bailor should be the family member/relative of the petitioner who shall provide official document to show his/her bona fide; (ii) the petitioner shall be appearing before the Police Station as and when required for cooperating in the investigation; (iii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57539 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 4/4 dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail bond by the Trial Court itself; (iv) the petitioner shall appear before the concerned police station every month for six months to mark his attendance and after the end of the period, the certificate shall be submitted before the Trial Court failing which steps shall be taken for the cancellation of the bail bonds; (v) the petitioner shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds; (vi) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of his bail bonds. 9. 9. Let a copy of the order be sent to the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Bhagalpur for perusal and needful. vinayak/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U T