IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24013 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-48 Year-2026 Thana- KOPA District- Saran ====================================================== Uttam Chaudhary @ Uttam Kumar Chaudhary S/O Uma Shankar Chaudhary R/O Village - Pojhia, P.S- Kopa, District - Saran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : NONE For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shailendra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 2 22-04-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. This application for grant of anticipatory bail arises out of Kopa Police Station Case No. 48 of 2026, dated 22.02.2026, disclosing offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. The prosecution case, as per the First Information Report, is that on 22.02.2026, the police while on patrolling duty received secret information regarding storage of illicit liquor near the house of petitioner in village Pojhiya. Upon such, the police party reached at the place of occurrence where one person fled away on seeing the police party, whose name was later disclosed by local vilalgers. On search, total 29.280 liters of illicit foreign Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24013 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 2/2 liquor was recovered from bags concealed behind the house. 4. No one appears on behalf of the petitioner. 5. In view of the above and taking into consideration the nature of allegation and seriousness of offence and the fact that the petitioner is having six criminal antecedents, I am not inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail. 6. This application is, accordingly, dismissed. ashwani/- (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) U T