Raj KumarversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24024 of 2026
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-52 Year-2026 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Muzaffarpur
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                 Raj Kumar S/o Yugfal Kishor Sah Resident of Village- Madhopur, Sultanpur,
                 P.S.- Runnisaidpur, District- Sitamarhi.
                                                                            ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                     Versus
                 The State of Bihar.                                ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :         Ms. Nitu Kumari, Advocate.
                 For the Opposite Party/s :         Mr. Nand Kumar, A.P.P.
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   17-04-2026                  1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   A.P.P. for the State.

                                2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with

                   Muzaffarpur Excise (Utpad) P.S. Case No.52 of 2026 registered

                   under Sections 30(a), 32(3) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

                                3. As per the prosecution case, 82 liters of foreign

                   liquor was recovered from a Bolero pick up van bearing

                   Registration No. BR06-GF-7130. It is alleged that driver of the

                   said vehicle managed to flee away from the spot.

                                4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

                   petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this

                   case due to being the owner of the vehicle in question. He

                   further submits that petitioner has no concern with the alleged

                   seized liquor and the vehicle in question from where recovery

                   has been made was driven by the driver, namely, Prem Kumar.
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                        Learned counsel submits that petitioner was not present on the

                        spot and no incriminating material has been recovered from his

                        conscious possession. He further submits that petitioner has got

                        clean antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the

                        investigation and trial of the case.

                                     5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for

                        anticipatory bail.

                                     6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the

                        case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties and the

                        nature of allegation leveled against the petitioner as well as his

                        clean antecedent, in the event of arrest or surrender before the

                        Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be

                        released on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-

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

                        each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Judge,

                        Excise     Court      No.II,     Muzaffarpur/        concerned   Court   in

                        connection with Muzaffarpur Excise (Utpad) P.S. Case No.52 of

                        2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section

                        482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.



                                                (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J)
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