CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

2 06-02-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State, Mr. Rabindra Kumar.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 318(2), 318(4), 336(3), 340(2) and 3(5) of the BNS , 2023 read with Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act .

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the order impugned records that petitioner has antecedent of one case when petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the same has been pleaded at Para-3 of the anticipatory bail application, as such, it is submitted that defect, as pointed out by the office with regard to the criminal antecedent, be ignored.

counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, the defect as pointed out by the office is hereby ignored.

5. It is next submitted that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 724.28 liters of liquor from a car.

6. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of the seized vehicle, but then