IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14605 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-157 Year-2023 Thana- CHACKMEHSI District- Samastipur ====================================================== Chhotu Yadav @ Chotu Kumar@chhatu kumar S/O Ramshobhit Yadav Resident of village- Jurkha Barheta, Police Station- Kalyanpur, District- Samastipur. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pramod Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Anzarul Haque Sahara, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 2 25-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Chakmehsi P.S. Case No. 157 of 2023, registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 284.4 liters liquor was recovered from two vehicles. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned counsel for the petitioner also submitted that the petitioner neither owner nor driver of the vehicles in question. It is next submitted that name of the petitioner has transpired in this case on the basis of confessional statement made by co-accused person and the same has got no Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14605 of 2026(2) dt.25-02-2026 2/2 evidentiary value. Learned counsel for the petitioner, therefore, contends that prima-facie, no case is made out against the petitioner. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that other co- accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 19.04.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 27820 of 2024. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, 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/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Chakmehsi P.S. Case No. 157 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Rajorshi/- (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) U T