IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62817 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-137 Year-2025 Thana- AURAI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Sunny Kumar @ Sanni Kumar S/o Vijay Sahni R/o Village- Patori, PS- Aurai, District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 64093 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-137 Year-2025 Thana- AURAI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== RANJIT KUMAR @ RANJIT SAHNI S/o- Sitaram Sahni Resident of Village- Dhasna Police Station- Aurai District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 64630 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-137 Year-2025 Thana- AURAI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Dilchand Kumar @ Dilchand Rai S/o- Ramprahlad Sahni @ Ram Ahalad Ray Resident of Village- Devkuli PS- Aurai Dist-Muzaffapur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 65191 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-137 Year-2025 Thana- AURAI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Santosh Singh @ Santosh Kumar Singh S/O Late Chandar R/O Village- Atrar, P.S- Aurai, Distt.- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62817 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 2/4 ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : (In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 62817 of 2025) For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Ms. Veena Kumari Jaiswal, APP (In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 64093 of 2025) For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Nilendu Kumar Choudhary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Harendra Prasad, APP (In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 64630 of 2025) For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anish Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Md. Anzarul Haque Sahara, APP (In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 65191 of 2025) For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ratneshwar Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 2 24-09-2025 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The petitioners in this application pray for bail apprehending their arrest in connection with Aurai P.S. Case no.137 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. 3. As per the prosecution case, on secret information having been received about a big consignment of liquor, a raid was conducted. Seeing the police personnel, it is stated that 8-10 accused persons managed to escape taking advantage of the darkness while 3 persons were arrested. On enquiry, the persons who were arrested disclosed the name of 10 accused who had managed to escape and which included the petitioners herein. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner Ranjit Kumar @ Ranjit Sahni submits that he was neither arrested at the spot nor Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62817 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 3/4 any incriminating article recovered from his possession. He has no criminal antecedent. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner Sunny Kumar @ Sanni Kumar submits that he also was not arrested at the spot and he does not have any criminal antecedent. 6. Learned counsels for the petitioners Santosh Singh @ Santosh Kumar Singh and Dilchand Kumar @ Dilchand Rai submit that they have been falsely implicated in the case because of their antecedents. However, no incriminating article was recovered from their possession nor were they arrested at the spot. The only material against them is the statement of co- accused made before police. 7. The application for bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State. 8. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegation against the petitioners in the FIR, none of the petitioners having been arrested at the spot and no incriminating article having been recovered from their possession, it is directed that all the four petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Aurai P.S. Case no.137 Patna High Court CR. MISC. MISC. No.62817 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 4/4 of 2025 on each of them furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Judge, Excise Court II, Muzaffarpur. Saurabh/- (Partha Sarthy, J) U T