IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.77164 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-180 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Nawada ====================================================== Pankaj Yadav @ Pankaj Kumar Son of Kalu Rajvanshi Resident of Village- Jobkala, Ps- Rajauli, dist- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pramod Kumar Verma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Tarkeshwar Nath Thakur , APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State . 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30 (a) (c) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3 . Prosecution case is that 430 liters of country made liquor was recovered from forest area . 4. It is submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case . No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. 5 . Learned counsel for the State submits that petitioner has got 2 criminal antecedents of similar nature . 6. Considering the fact that petitioner has got 2 Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.77164 of 2025(2) dt.03-02-2026 2/2 criminal antecedents of similar nature , prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T