IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43708 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-123 Year-2026 Thana- RAGHOPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Raju Rai @ Raju Kumar S/O Mahtab Rai R/O Vill.- Sukumarpur Raghopur, Jafrabad Tok Arazi Beshinao Barar, P.S.- Rustampur O.P., District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ravish Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Anzarul Haque Sahara, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 08-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per prosecution case, total 40 liters country made illicit of liquor was recovered from the bank of river. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery and he has been made accused in this case merely on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused who was apprehended on the spot. Petitioner has got two criminal antecedents one of them is of similar in nature in which he is on bail.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the bail Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43708 of 2026(2) dt.08-07-2026 2/2 application. 6. Considering nature of accusation, place of recovery this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Court of Excise (Second)-cum-District and Additional Sessions Judge, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Raghopur P. S. Case No. 123 of 2026, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Sanjay/Alok- U T

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43708 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-123 Year-2026 Thana- RAGHOPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Raju Rai @ Raju Kumar S/O Mahtab Rai R/O Vill.- Sukumarpur Raghopur, Jafrabad Tok Arazi Beshinao Barar, P.S.- Rustampur O.P., District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ravish Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Anzarul Haque Sahara, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 08-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per prosecution case, total 40 liters country made illicit of liquor was recovered from the bank of river. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery and he has been made accused in this case merely on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused who was apprehended on the spot. Petitioner has got two criminal antecedents one of them is of similar in nature in which he is on bail.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the bail Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43708 of 2026(2) dt.08-07-2026 2/2 application. 6. Considering nature of accusation, place of recovery this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Court of Excise (Second)-cum-District and Additional Sessions Judge, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Raghopur P. S. Case No. 123 of 2026, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Sanjay/Alok- U T