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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.769 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-185 Year-2024 Thana- MEHSI District- East Champaran ====================================================== Vikash Kumar Son of Raju Ray @ Rajdev Ray Resident of village- Amwa Kankati, Ps- Mehsi, Dist- East champaran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Kundan Rathore, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Gauri Shankar Gupta, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 10-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered under Sections 30(a) and 41(1) of Bihar Excise Act.
3. As per prosecution case, 90 liters illicit liquor has been recovered from the bush near eastern pond.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case due to confessional statement of co-accused Abhishek Kumar. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The alleged recovery has been made from an open place which is accessible to one and all. Petitioner has got no criminal antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the prayer for bail.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.769 of 2025(2) dt.10-02-2025 2/2
6. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of eight weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000 (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court-III, Motihari, East Champaran, in connection with Mehsi P.S. Case No. 185 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.
utkarsh/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T