IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27367 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-96 Year-2026 Thana- PALASI District- Araria ====================================================== Yogendra Prasad Sah @ Yojendra Prasad Sah @ Yogendra Sah S/O Late Munilal Sah R/O Village- Balua (Kaliyaganj), P.S- Palasi, District- Araria. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rabindra Kumar Priyadarshi, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Pradeep Narain Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 01-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022. 3. The allegation in the First Information Report is that 38.700 litres of Nepali liquor recovered from the rooftop of the house of the petitioner. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had been identified by the local chaukidar. Learned counsel further submits that the recovery has been made from a joint family house. There is no independent witness to the search and seizure and it does not bear the signature of any family member or resident of the said house, as such, the raid Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27367 of 2026(2) dt.01-05-2026 2/2 was conducted in absence of the residents. 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 petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his 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) 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 Palasi P.S. Case No. 96 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