Nande Saw @ Nand Lal SawversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16166 of 2026
                      Arising Out of PS. Case No.-137 Year-2025 Thana- Kavaiya District- Lakhisarai
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                 Nande Saw @ Nand Lal Saw, S/o Saudagar Saw, R/o - Sansar Pokhar, Ward
                 No. 19, P.S - Kabaiya, District -Lakhisarai
                                                                        ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                     Versus
                 The State of Bihar                              ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :        Mr. Rajesh Kumar,Adv.
                 For the Opposite Party/s :        Mr. Parmeshwar Mehta,APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   01-04-2026                        Heard the parties.

                                2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection

                   with Kabaiya P. S. Case No. 137 of 2025 registered for the

                   offences punishable under Sections 303(2) and 317(2) of the

                   B.N.S. and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act.

                                3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as

                   per the allegation, 65 bags of fortified rice were recovered from

                   a particular vehicle bearing registration no. BR21 GB 1483 and

                   it is not a case of the prosecution that petitioner was travelling in

                   the said vehicle. The petitioner has been made accused mainly

                   on the basis of disclosure made by the driver of the said vehicle

                   regarding his alleged involvement in the commission of the

                   alleged offence but except this, there is no material against him.

                   It is further submitted that the petitioner is neither a dealer of

                   the alleged subsidized rice nor the owner of the said vehicle and
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                        his past is completely clean. It is lastly submitted that co-

                        accused, namely Rajniti Kumar, who was the driver of the

                        alleged vehicle, has been granted bail by the coordinate Bench

                        of this Court vide order dated 30.07.2025 passed in Cr. Misc.

                        No. 46565 of 2025.

                                     4. Learned APP for the State opposes the bail prayer

                        of the petitioner.

                                     5. In the facts and circumstances of this case and

                        considering the statements made in the petition as well as above

                        submissions, this court is inclined to grant the relief of

                        anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, let the petitioner

                        named-above, in the event of his arrest/surrender before the

                        learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be

                        released on anticipatory bail in connection with Kabaiya P. S.

                        Case No. 137 of 2025 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/-

                        (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount

                        each to the satisfaction of the Court concerned, subject to the

                        conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.



                                                  (Shailendra Singh, J)
Rajiv/-

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