PATNA, Feb. 18 -- The Patna high court has expressed concern over increasing illicit trade of liquor leading to increase in number of cases in the lower court and the Patna High Court and failure of the State machinery to effectively implement the provision of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The observation came from the bench of Justice Purnendu Singh on Tuesday while hearing a petition of a 19-year-old boy seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with alleged recovery of 55 litres of liquor from his motorcycle, which was being used by another person, under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

The order was uploaded on Wednesday.

"I find it necessary to record that today altogether 53 cases are listed before...