IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21135 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-214 Year-2022 Thana- JOGBANI District- Araria ====================================================== Dev Kant Roy S/o- Shiv Kant Roy Resident of mohalla- Ward No 11 Dhamdaha haskosha PS- jogbani, Dist- Araria ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Aditya Narayan Singh1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 23-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State . 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30 (a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3 . It is alleged that 126 liters illicit liquor and two motorcycles were recovered from the spot. 4. It is submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case on the basis of confessional statement of other co-accused persons. Petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the seized motorcycles. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and he is no way connected with the aforesaid recovery. Petitioner claims clean antecedent. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21135 of 2025(2) dt.23-04-2025 2/2 5 . Learned counsel for the State opposes the bail petition . 6. Considering the fact that petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the seized vehicles, clean antecedent and other circumstances of case , in the event of arrest/surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive special Judge Excise II Araria in connection with Jogbani Police Station Case No. 214 of 2022 subject to the conditions laid down under section 438 ( 2 ) of Code of Criminal Procedure . Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T