IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28648 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-7 Year-2020 Thana- NTPC District- Patna ====================================================== Gobardhan Kumar S/O Sidhu Prasad Village - Chintamanchak, PS- Pandarak, District - Patna ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Suraj Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 30-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in NTPC P. S. Case No. 7 of 2020 registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per prosecution case, 24 liters illicit liquor was recovered from the seized motorcycle of which this petitioner is registered owner. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. As a matter of fact, petitioner is a government teacher posted in Dhanbad, Jharkhand and has got no concern with the alleged recovery. Petitioner had sold the motorcycle in question in the year 2019 to co-accused Dilip Paswan and requisite form for transfer of ownership of the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28648 of 2026(2) dt.30-04-2026 2/2 motorcycle was dully filled and notarized but the name of owner on Registration Certificate was not updated due to negligence on part of the new owner. Petitioner claims clean antecedent. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner. 6. Considering the fact that petitioner is registered owner of the seized motorcycle, prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is refused. Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T