IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7970 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-991 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Nawada ====================================================== Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Kumar Mahto S/o Jaymendra Prasad Resident of Village- Dedaur, P.S.- Muffasil, District- Nawada, ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Rajeev Nayan For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Arun Kumar Singh ====================================================== 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 Nawada Excise P.S. Case No. 991 of 2025 dated 01.12.2025 registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016. 3. As per the first information report the Police intercepted three tankers and recovered 211.500 liters of illicit foreign liquor from the tankers. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and he has been made accused on the basis of disclosure of his name by the arrested co-accused person. One of the co-accused Ravindra Ravidas is the co-villager of the petitioner and the petitioner was having previous enmity with him as such, his name was disclosed by Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7970 of 2026(2) dt.17-02-2026 2/2 the aforesaid arrested co-accused that liquor was to be delivered to the petitioner. The petitioner is not the owner of the tankers from where illicit liquor has been recovered. 5. Regard being had to the submission made by the parties, taking into consideration the fact petitioner is not the owner of the tankers from where illicit liquor has been recovered, his name has transpired on the basis of disclosure made by the arrested co-accused person and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, accordingly, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Let the petitioner, above named, be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Exclusive Excise Court -II, Nawada in connection with Excise (Nawada) P.S. Case No. 991 of 2025 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S. 2023. praful/- (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) U T