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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58484 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-393 Year-2025 Thana- NOORSARAI District- Nalanda ======================================================
1. Umesh Kumar Sah S/O Late Bhulli Sah R/O Village- Utan Pathar, P.S- Gadahi, Distt.- Jamui.
2. Rajendra Kumar Sah S/O Sita Ram Sah R/O Village- Katras Mor Hussainabad Pahari, P.S- Jharia, Distt.- Dhanbad Jharkhand. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ram Prawesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Narsingh Tanti, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 3 25-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners seek regular bail in connection with Noorsarai P.S. Case No. 393 of 2025 for the offence registered under Sections 30 (a) and 47 of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, total 4090.23 litres of foreign liquor recovered from two hywa trucks. Petitioners are said to be the driver of the seized hywa truck.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in this case. They have no concern with the seized liquor. Nothing has
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58484 of 2025(3) dt.25-09-2025 2/2 been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. He further submits that the petitioners have no knowledge about the loaded liquor in both the hywa trucks. Petitioners are in jail custody since 12.07.2025. Both the petitioners have one criminal antecedent in which petitioner no. 1 is acquitted and petitioner no. 2 is on bail. The charge-sheet has already been submitted after completion of investigation and petitioners undertake to cooperate in the trial of the case.
5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for regular bail of the petitioners.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and period of custody, let the petitioners, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Nalanda, in connection with Noorsarai P.S. Case No. 393 of 2025.
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