IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42766 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-134 Year-2026 Thana- SANGRAMPUR District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ravi Kumar, S/o Late Bhola Prasad, Resident of village- Bhawani mauje P.s.-Sangrampur, Dist.- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ramesh Chandra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 2 01-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The accused/petitioner is named in the FIR and apprehending his arrest in connection with Sangrampur P.S. Case No.134 of 2026 registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. Allegation against the petitioner is to engage in illegal trade/manufacturing of illicit liquor, where there is recovery of 3.78 litres of IMFL/country-made liquor.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing for petitioner that the alleged recovery was made from a Motorcycle bearing Registration No. BR05AQ-0984. It is further submitted that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. It is also pointed out Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42766 of 2026(2) dt.01-07-2026 2/2 that the name of the petitioner surfaced solely on the disclosure made by a local Chaukidar. The petitioner claimed clean antecedent. 5. Learned APP opposed the prayer of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. In view of aforesaid factual submissions and by taking of note of fact as recovery of illicit liquor primafacie not appears to be made from physical possession of this petitioner, accordingly, the petitioner above-named, who is a man of clean antecedent, in the event of his arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today, is directed to be released on bail on 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 Excise Judge-I, East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Sangrampur P.S. Case No.134 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the CrPC/under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. Raushan/- (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J) U T

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42766 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-134 Year-2026 Thana- SANGRAMPUR District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ravi Kumar, S/o Late Bhola Prasad, Resident of village- Bhawani mauje P.s.-Sangrampur, Dist.- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ramesh Chandra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 2 01-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The accused/petitioner is named in the FIR and apprehending his arrest in connection with Sangrampur P.S. Case No.134 of 2026 registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. Allegation against the petitioner is to engage in illegal trade/manufacturing of illicit liquor, where there is recovery of 3.78 litres of IMFL/country-made liquor.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing for petitioner that the alleged recovery was made from a Motorcycle bearing Registration No. BR05AQ-0984. It is further submitted that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. It is also pointed out Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42766 of 2026(2) dt.01-07-2026 2/2 that the name of the petitioner surfaced solely on the disclosure made by a local Chaukidar. The petitioner claimed clean antecedent. 5. Learned APP opposed the prayer of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. In view of aforesaid factual submissions and by taking of note of fact as recovery of illicit liquor primafacie not appears to be made from physical possession of this petitioner, accordingly, the petitioner above-named, who is a man of clean antecedent, in the event of his arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today, is directed to be released on bail on 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 Excise Judge-I, East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Sangrampur P.S. Case No.134 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the CrPC/under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. Raushan/- (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J) U T