IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8016 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-72 Year-2025 Thana- RAJEPUR District- East Champaran ====================================================== Rahul Kumar Son of Bhushan Rai Resident of Village - Semaraha, P.S. - Rajepur, Dist. - East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Abhishek Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Sanjay Kumar Pandey ====================================================== 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 Rajepur P.S. Case No. 72 of 2025 dated 09.04.2025 registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022. 3. As per the first information report on 09.04.2025 the Police got secret information that the petitioner along with other accused persons have kept illicit liquor in a shop and poultry farm, proceeded towards the place of occurrence and upon seeing the police party all the four accused persons succeeded in fleeing away. The local people assembled there disclosed the name of the petitioner and other accused persons. Police Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8016 of 2026(2) dt.17-02-2026 2/3 recovered 140.4 liters of foreign liquor from the field and 329.25 liters of foreign liquor from empty shop. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been implicated in this case on the basis of secret information and disclosure of his name by the local people. The recovery of liquor has not been made from the premises belonging to the petitioner. 140.4 liters of foreign liquor has been recovered from a field which is an open space accessible to all and sundry and 329.25 liters of foreign liquor has been recovered from an empty shop not belonging to the petitioner. 5. Regard being had to the submission made by the parties, taking into consideration the fact that liquor has been recovered from an open space as well as empty shop accessible for everyone and not from the premises owned by the petitioner, 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 Special Excise Court No. -3, Motihari, East Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8016 of 2026(2) dt.17-02-2026 3/3 Champaran in connection with Rajepur P.S. Case No. 72 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