IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57572 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-239 Year-2025 Thana- Mehendiya District- Arwal ====================================================== Golu Kumar @ Gautam Kumar S/o Shailesh Sharma R/o Village- Kubri P.S- Shahartela, Dist- Arwal. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anil Kumar Choudhary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Bharat Bhushan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 2 19-08-2026 Heard the parties. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mehandiya P.S. Case No. 239 of 2025 for the offence under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act lodged on 27.11.2025 by the informant, Raghvendra Tiwari. 3. As per the prosecution story, the Police intercepted two motorcycles and there is recovery/seizure of 6.75 liters of country-made liquor. Locals gave the name of this petitioner, amongst other, which led to the FIR. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that neither the two motorcycles belongs to him nor he has criminal antecedent and only because of enmity, the locals named him. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57572 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 2/4 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, Mr. Bharat Bhushan opposes the prayer submitting that the locals have named him. 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 him the privilege of anticipatory bail with conditions. 8. If, however, it is found that contrary to the statement made in paragraph-3, the petitioner has criminal antecedent, the present order shall become infructuous. 9. 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/- Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57572 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 3/4 (Ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge Excise – II, Jehanabad/concerned Court in connection with Mehandiya P.S. Case No. 239 of 2025 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 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 Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57572 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 4/4 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. Adnan/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U T