IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5200 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-388 Year-2024 Thana- GHORASAHAN District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1. Sunny kumar Son of Pramod singh Resident of village- Lala tola Laukhan, Ps- Ghorasahan, Dist- East Chamaparan 2. Sonu Kumar son of Pramod Singh Resident of village- Lala tola Laukhan, Ps- Ghorasahan, Dist- East Chamaparan ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioners : Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Gauri Shankar Gupta, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-02-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 112 and 317(5) of the B.N.S. and Sections 30(a) and 41(1) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per prosecution case, 369 litres illicit Nepali liquor was recovered from three different motorcycles. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. Petitioners are neither owner nor driver of the vehicles in question and have been made an Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5200 of 2026(2) dt.11-02-2026 2/2 accused in this case merely on the basis of disclosure made by apprehended co-accused persons. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of this petitioner. 5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners and submitted that huge quantity of liquor was recovered from the seized vehicles. Petitioner No. 1 has got three criminal antecedents of similar nature and Petitioner No. 2 has got two criminal antecedents of similar nature. 6. Considering the nature of accusation, recovery of huge quantity of illicit liquor from the seized vehicles and fact that petitioners have got criminal antecedents of similar nature, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is rejected. shashank/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T