JUDGMENT

Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. - The matter has been heard via video conferencing.

2. Heard Dr. Bipin Chandra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Pramod Kumar Pandey, learned Additional Public Prosecutor (hereinafter referred to as the 'APP') for the State.

3. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Maniyari PS Case No. 287 of 2019 dated 24.10.2019, instituted under Sections 272/273/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 30(a)/34/36/38/41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act').

4. The allegation against the petitioner is that when the police on information went to the spot, he along with others ran away and one Tata Indica Car and one Motorcycle were seized from the spot and from the Tata Indica Car 22.480 litres of liquor was recovered.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that he has been falsely implicated only because the motorcycle belongs to him, though no recovery from the same has been made. It was submitted that the petitioner was going with his uncle to visit a person and in the meantime, the police stopped him for paper checking but because of being in hurry as he had left the papers at home, he had gone