IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26803 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-190 Year-2026 Thana- MUZAFFARPUR SADAR District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Dharmendra Kumar S/o Jhagru Chaudhari @ Jhagru Chaudhary @ Yugal Kishor Chaudhary Resident of Village - Bibiganj Saketpuri Road No. 5, P.S. - Sadar, Dist. - Muzaffarpur, State - Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Ram Niwas Prasad S/o Late SH. Sita Sharan Prasad R/o Saroj Sadan, Kanak Puri, P.S. - Nawada, Dist. - Bhojpur. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Saurabh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Lakshmi Kant Sharma, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 28-04-2026 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) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per prosecution case, 12.96 litres illicit liquor was recovered from a cow shed. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery and he has been made accused in this case merely on suspicion. Recovery has been made from an open place, accessible to one and all. Petitioner claims clean Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26803 of 2026(2) dt.28-04-2026 2/2 antecedent. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the bail application. 6. Considering nature of accusation, place of recovery and clean antecedent, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge Excise Court I, Muzaffarpur in connection with Muzaffarpur (Sadar) P. S. Case No. 190 of 2026, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T