IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52394 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-654 Year-2025 Thana- SONEPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Rajkishore Mahto @ Baraka S/o Bharat Mahto RO Village- Barbatta, PS- Sonepur @ Sonpur, District - Saran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Manish Chandra Gandhi, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Dr.Mrityunjaya Kr.Gautam, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 2 07-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Sonepur @ Sonpur P.S. Case No. 654 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per prosecution case, the police has recovered total 41.25 of illicit country-made liquor from the pile of old bricks stacked with the wall. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged against him and has falsely been implicated in the present case. He further submits that nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner or from his dwelling house rather the alleged wine has been Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52394 of 2025(2) dt.07-08-2025 2/2 recovered from a pile of old bricks stacked with the wall. The petitioner has no concern either with the seized liquor or the place of occurrence. The name of the petitioner has transpired in this case on the basis of the disclosures made by the local Chowkidar. There is a non-compliance of Section 103 of the B.N.S.S. which creates a serious doubt in the prosecution case. The petitioner has one criminal antecedent and is languishing in judicial custody since 06.07.2025 without any rhymes or reason. 5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner. 6. Having heard rival contention of both the partiesand considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case as also taking into account the period of custody of the petitioner, let the petitioner, abovenamed, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.15,000/- (Fifteen thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Sonepur @ Sonpur P.S. Case No. 654 of 2025. rishi/- (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) U T