Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 46047 of 2025, decided 05-08-2025 by Ashok Kumar Pandey, J. Indal Chaudhari v. The State of Bihar. Anticipatory bail application arising out of Rafiganj P.S. Case No. 624 of 2024, District Aurangabad, under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act; prosecution case of recovery of 20 liters of country-made liquor from petitioner's house; petitioner pleaded false implication, non-compliance with Section 100 Cr.P.C. in seizure, and that the house did not belong to him; State pointed to four similar criminal antecedents. Held: prayer for anticipatory bail not maintainable in view of Full Bench verdict in Ram Vinay Yadav v. The State of Bihar, 2019 (2) PLJR 1089 (F.B.); application rejected.
What did the court decide?
In view of the verdict of the Hon'ble Full Bench of this Court in Ram Vinay Yadav v. The State of Bihar, 2019 (2) PLJR 1089 (F.B.), the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is not maintainable.