Mukesh Kumar Chauhan @ Mukesh Prasad Chauhan v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory-arrest protection; Patna High Court; CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16118 of 2025; decided 02-04-2025 by Sandeep Kumar, J.; Mukesh Kumar Chauhan @ Mukesh Prasad Chauhan v. The State of Bihar; arising out of PS Case No.-157 Year-2023, Thana-ASANWA, District-Siwan (Asawn P.S. Case No. 157 of 2023); Sections 30(a) Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022; recovery of 45 liters illicit liquor; motorcycle allegedly sold in 2021; verification by Superintendent of Police, Siwan; conditional no-arrest direction; four-week bar on coercive steps; automatic withdrawal clause; application disposed off; advocates Bijay Prakash Singh, Sucheta Yadav (APP), Jharkhandi Upadhyay (APP).
What did the court decide?
Conditional protection from arrest: petitioner to file an application before the Superintendent of Police, Siwan within one week; no arrest if the police verify the motorcycle was sold and not transferred; no coercive steps for four weeks; protection automatically withdrawn if no application is filed.