IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27373 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-107 Year-2026 Thana- NADI P.S. District- Patna ====================================================== 1. Ranjit Rai Son of Haribanshu Ray @ Harwanshu Rai Resident of Village -Fatehjangpur PS- Nadi Distt -patna 2. Uday Rai @ Uday Kumar @ Uday yadav Son of Late Ashrafi Rai Resident of Village -Fatehjangpur PS- Nadi Distt -patna 3. Awdesh Ray Son of Beni Rai Resident of Village -Fatehjangpur PS- Nadi Distt -patna ... ... Petitioners Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Jay Ram Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Umesh Lal Verma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 01-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2018. 3. The allegation in the First Information Report is that 420 litres of country made liquor was recovered from sacks which were kept at the bank of the river. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has transpired on the disclosure made by the local people stating that the petitioner had fled away after throwing the sack. However, there is no independent witness to Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27373 of 2026(2) dt.01-05-2026 2/2 search and seizure and nothing has been recovered from personal or conscious possession of the petitioner. It is further submitted that the liquor has been recovered from an open place, which is easily accessible to others. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. 5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail on the basis of allegations made in the First Information Report. 6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Nadi P.S. Case No. 107 of 2026, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C/ Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. anand/- (Soni Shrivastava, J) U T