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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60210 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-379 Year-2025 Thana- BANJARIA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Araj Thakur @ Araj Kumar S/O Ramchandra Thakur R/O Vill.- Raghunathpur Ward No 27, P.S.- Raghunathpur, District- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Manjeet Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Ms. Meena Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 2 18-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Banjariya P.S. Case No. 379 of 2025 for the offences registered under Sections 274, 275 of the B.N.S. and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act.
3. There is recovery of 100 litre country made liquor from the motorcycle of the petitioner. Petitioner was apprehended on the spot.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case due to his one criminal antecedent. It is submitted that petitioner has no concern with the illicit liquor. There is no independent witness to the seizure-list. He is in custody since
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07.07.2025. Petitioner undertakes to co-operate in the trial.
5. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made on behalf of the parties, facts and circumstances of the case and period of custody, let the petitioner, named above, be enlarged on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No. 1, East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Banjariya P.S. Case No. 379 of
2025.
rakhi/- (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J.) U T