CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER

2 22-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Nayagaon PS. Case No. 202 of 2025 dated 24-10-2025, instituted under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act,2022.

3. The allegation is of recovery of 80 litres of country-

made liquor from the Diyara region at village Chirpakar.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that no incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner or from his house. The petitioner has no concern with the allegedly recovered country-made liquor, which was recovered from an abandoned place easily accessible to anyone. It is further submitted that the petitioner has been arrayed as an accused in this case only due to his past history. Lastly, it is submitted that four criminal cases of a similar nature are pending against the petitioner, in which he is already on bail.

5. Learned APP has opposed the prayer for bail.