IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A No. 1913 of 2025 Birendra Sharma @ Birendra Mishra, Aged about 43 years, S/o- Pradeep Mishra, R/O- Ward No.-6, Mishrahi Tol, Khirhar P.O. & P.S-Madhubani, District- Madhubani, Bihar --- --- Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand --- --- Opp. Party --- CORAM: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ambuj Nath --- For the Petitioner: Mr. Raj Vardhan, Advocate For the O.P-State: Mr. Shiv Shankar Kumar, A.P.P. --- 02 / 10.03.2025 Heard the parties. 2. Petitioner has been made accused in connection with Barhi P.S. Case No. 441 of 2024 for the offences registered under sections 274, 275, 292, 317(5), 3(5) of the B.N.S, 2023 and 47(a) of Excise Act, pending in the court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribagh. 3. On 05.11.2024 at 9.40 p.m., Barhi Police intercepted a truck bearing registration no. JH 02P 5453. On search, 41 cartoons containing 1068 bottles of illegal liquor was seized from there. Petitioner is the driver of the said truck. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the co-driver of the truck Pappu Kumar Singh has been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide B.A. N. 1256 of 2025 and case of the petitioner stands on similar footing. 5. Learned A.P.P has opposed the prayer for bail. 6. In view of the submission made above, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Hazaribagh in connection with Barhi P.S. Case No. 441 of 2024. (Ambuj Nath, J) Ranjeet/ Uploaded