IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87497 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1021 Year-2025 Thana- SONEPUR District- Saran ====================================================== 1. Amit Kumar @ Amit Kumar Rai S/o Kunj Bihari Rai R/o vill - Sabalpur, P.S.- Sonepur, Distt.- Saran 2. Ravindra Kumar @ Terenam S/o Ramanuj Singh @ Ram Anuj Singh @ Ramnuj Singh @ Ram Anju Singh R/o vill - Sabalpur, P.S.- Sonepur, Distt.- Saran 3. Akhilesh Kumar Singh @ Akhilesh Kumar S/o Nanhak Rai R/o vill - Sabalpur, P.S.- Sonepur, Distt.- Saran 4. Bittu Kumar S/o Chhattu Rai R/o vill - Sabalpur, P.S.- Sonepur, Distt.- Saran 5. Pappu Kumar @ Tipai Rai S/o Nanhak Rai R/o vill - Sabalpur, P.S.- Sonepur, Distt.- Saran 6. Munna Kumar @ Munna Ray S/o Gopi Rai R/o vill - Sabalpur, P.S.- Sonepur, Distt.- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh No. I, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Khurshid Anwar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 2 15-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Sonpur PS Case No. 1024 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 1900 litres of country made liquor was recovered from near the bank Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87497 of 2025(2) dt.15-01-2026 2/3 of the river. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case. The name of the petitioners transpired in this case on the basis of disclosure made by the apprehended co-accused person. Learned counsel further submitted that alleged recovery has been made from an open place, accessible to one and all. The petitioners have got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned counsel for the petitioners, therefore, contends that prima-facie no case is made out against the petitioners. The petitioner no. 1 has two criminal antecedents, petitioner no. 5 has one criminal antecedent and petitioners no. 2, 3 & 4 have no criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioners. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioners above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.15,000/- (Fifteen thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87497 of 2025(2) dt.15-01-2026 3/3 below/concerned Court in connection with Sonpur PS Case No. 1024 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Siddharth Soni/- (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) U T