IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21980 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-20 Year-2026 Thana- KUTUMBA District- Aurangabad ====================================================== 1. Anuj Kumar S/o or C/o Sudarshan Mehta @ Kamlesh Mehta R/o Village - Shivpur, P.S - Nabinagar, District - Aurangabad 2. Jairam Chaudhary S/o Late Manoj Chaudhary R/o Village - Shivpur, P.S - Nabinagar, District - Aurangabad ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Ms. Mukul Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Dr. Kumar Uday Pratap, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 15-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. 2. Petitioners apprehend arrest in Kutumba P. S. Case No. 20 of 2026 registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per prosecution case, total 48 litres illicit liquor was recovered from two different seized motorcycles. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioners are neither drivers nor owners of the vehicle in question and they have got no concern with the alleged recovery. Petitioners have been made accused Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21980 of 2026(2) dt.15-04-2026 2/2 in this case only on suspicion. Petitioner no. 1 claims clean antecedent. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the bail application and submitted that petitioner no. 2 has got two criminal antecedents of similar nature. 6. Considering criminal antecedents of similar nature, prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner no. 2 is refused. 7. Considering nature of accusation and clean antecedent, this anticipatory bail is allowed with regard to petitioner no. 1 and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner no. 1 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 District & Additional Sessions Judge- cum-Exclusive Special Judge, Excise Court No. 1, Aurangabad in connection with Kutumba P. S. Case No. 20 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