Umesh Paswan v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail refused — Umesh Paswan v. The State of Bihar, Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30154 of 2025, decided 21-07-2025 by Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh (oral order). Arises out of PS Case No. 138/2020, Dagarua PS, District Purnia; offences under Sections 272, 273 IPC and Section 30(a) Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act; 99 liters illicit liquor recovered from seized tempo; petitioner registered owner of the tempo; claim of no conscious possession, implication on suspicion, clean antecedent; State opposed through A.P.P. Kumar Ranjit Ranjan; petitioner represented by Md Fazle Karim.
What did the court decide?
Considering the fact that the petitioner is the owner of the seized tempo, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is refused. ¶23