Vikash Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Anticipatory bail – Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2024, Sections 30(a)/47
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.4966 of 2025 (arising out of PS Case No. 634 of 2024, Excise P.S., District Nawada), decided 13-02-2025 by Prabhat Kumar Singh, J. Anticipatory bail sought by Vikash Kumar in a case under Sections 30(a)/47 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2024; 11.250 litres of illicit foreign liquor recovered from a bolero pickup van of which the petitioner is registered owner; State opposed the prayer; anticipatory bail rejected on the ground of registered ownership of the seized vehicle.
What did the court decide?
The petitioner's prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected on the ground that he is the registered owner of the seized vehicle from which the illicit foreign liquor was recovered. ¶¶18-¶20