Kunjesh Kumar @ Kujesh KumarversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44968 of 2026
                      Arising Out of PS. Case No.-238 Year-2025 Thana- BAJPATTI District- Sitamarhi
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                 Kunjesh Kumar @ Kujesh Kumar S/O Shambhu Pandit Resident of village-
                 Sandhwara, P.S. - Bajpatti,District- Sitamarhi,

                                                                                    ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                        Versus
                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :        Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh
                 For the Opposite Party/s :        Mr. Braj Kishore Pd.(App)
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   07-07-2026                  Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and

                   learned counsel for the State.

                                2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with

                   Bajpatti P.S. Case No. 238 of 2025 registered for offences under

                   Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

                                3. There is recovery of 237.6 liters of illicit liquor.

                                4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

                   petitioner is quite innocent and has not committed any offence.

                   He further submits that the petitioner is ready to donate Rs.

                   25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only) in some

                   charitable organization without accepting his guilt. The

                   petitioner claims clean antecedent.

                                5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed

                   the prayer of the petitioner.
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                       6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case

          and the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner, this

          application for anticipatory bail stands allowed.

                       7. Accordingly, let the petitioner, above-named, in the

          event of arrest or surrender within four weeks from today in the

          Court below, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail

          bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties

          of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned concerned

          Court below in connection with Bajpatti P.S. Case No. 238 of

          2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section

          482(2) of the BNSS and with further condition(s) that:-

                                               (I). The petitioner shall deposit an
                                  amount of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five
                                  Thousand Only) in Ramakrishna Mission
                                  Sevashrama,         Swami    Vivekananda   Path,
                                  Bela, Muzaffarpur, Bihar and produce the
                                  receipt of the same before the Court below.
                                  The bail bonds of the petitioner shall be
                                  accepted after verifying the genuineness of
                                  the receipt produced by the petitioner.
                                               (ii). The petitioner is directed to
                                  mark his attendance in Bajpatti Police
                                  Station on every 1st and 3rd Sunday of each
                                  month. Failure to do so, will result in
                                  cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner.
                                               (iii). At the time of accepting the
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                                              bail bonds of the petitioner, the Court below
                                              shall verify the fact whether the petitioner
                                              has clean antecedent or not. If it is found
                                              that the petitioner has clean antecedent then
                                              only his bail bonds shall be accepted by the
                                              Court below.



                                   8. It is made clear that any observation made herein is

                      prima facie in nature and limited solely for the purpose of

                      adjudication of the present bail application. Such observations

                      shall not be construed as an expression on the merits of the case

                      and shall not influence the trial or any other proceedings in any

                      manner.



                                                              (Sandeep Kumar, J)
Shishir/-

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