Bittu Kumar Ray @ Abhay KumarversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34353 of 2026
                       Arising Out of PS. Case No.-31 Year-2026 Thana- GADHA District- Sitamarhi
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                 Bittu Kumar Ray @ Abhay Kumar Son of Late Jagannath Ray Resident of
                 Village- Garha (Patel Tola), P.S.- Garha, District- Sitamarhi
                                                                                   ... ... Petitioner
                                                      Versus
                 The State of Bihar
                                                                            ... ... Opposite Party
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Ritesh Kumar Narain Singh
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr.Kalyan Shankar
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   18-05-2026                     Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

                                   2. This application for anticipatory bail arises out

                   of Garha P.S. Case No. 31 of 2026, registered for the offence

                   punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and

                   Excise Amendment Act.

                                   3. As per the prosecution case, the informant, a

                   police officer, on a tip off, reached Patel Tola, he saw one

                   person concealing something in a wheat field situated near a

                   Peepal Tree and as soon as the informant put torch light on him

                   that person fled away leaving a sac, from which 270.96 liters of

                   country made liquor was recovered.

                                   4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted

                   that the petitioner was not arrested at the spot and it was the

                   local Chowkidar, with whom the petitioner is on inimical terms,
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                    has named the petitioner. It has been further submitted that there

                    is violation of Section 103 BNSS.

                                    5. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer

                    of anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

                                 6. Heard the parties and perused the record.

                                 7. Considering the facts and circumstances, let the

                    petitioner above named, in the event of his arrest/surrender

                    within six weeks from today in the Court below, be released on

                    bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand)

                    with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of

                    the learned Special Judge, Exclusive Excise Court-1, Sitamarhi,

                    in connection with Garha P.S. Case No. 31 of 2026, subject to

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

                    Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita.



                                               (Praveen Kumar, J)
Pawan/-

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