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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7959 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-275 Year-2025 Thana- NAGARNAUSA District- Nalanda ====================================================== Arun Kumar S/o Ramjee Prasad R/o Village - Sahpur Belwa, P.S.- Nagar- nausa, District - Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Bishwa Bijay Kumar For the Opposite Party/s: Mr.Braj Kishore Pd.(App) ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 2 17-02-2026
1. Heard the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Nagarnausa P.S. Case No. 275 / 2025 dated 30.10.2025 registered for the offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Pro- hibition and Excise Amendment Act 2022 and Section 25(1-B)(a) / 26(1) of the Arms Act.
3. As per the first information report one country made pistol, five live cartridges and 03 liters of country made ‘chulai’ liquor kept in two sprite bottles have been recovered from the house of the petitioner.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case by the Police due to oblique motive. He submits that no arms and ammunition and country made wine has been recovered from
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7959 of 2026(2) dt.17-02-2026 2/2 the conscious possession of the petitioner. The Police during search and seizure did not follow the provisions contemplated under Section 103 of the B.N.S.S. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent.
5. Regard being had to the submissions advanced by the parties, taking into consideration the fact that illicit country made liquor along with fire arm and cartridges have been recov- ered from the house of the petitioner and in view of Full Bench
judgment of this Court rendered in Cr. Appeal (SJ) No. 431 of 2019 (Ram Vinay Yadav versus The State of Bihar), I am not in- clined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The same is rejected.
praful/- (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) U T