IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4594 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-170 Year-2024 Thana- SINDHIYA District- Samastipur ====================================================== Durgesh Kumar Jha @ Durgesh Jha S/o- Shashikant Jha R/o Village- Agraul Tole Sivaia Singhiya PS-Singhiya Distt- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pintu Kumar Patel, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ramchandra Sahni, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 2 06-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Singhiya PS Case No. 170 of 2024 instituted for the offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 38.800 litres of liquor was recovered from wall of a pulia (bridge) near mandir. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. It is submitted that recovery is made from an open place, which is accessible to Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4594 of 2025(2) dt.06-02-2025 2/2 one and all. The petitioner is in custody since 04.12.2024 and has got three criminal antecedents in which he is on bail. There is no compliance of Section 103 of B.N.S.S. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. 7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Singhiya PS Case No. 170 of 2024, subject to the following conditions: (I) One of the bailors shall be own/close member of the family of the petitioner. (II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed at the trial. In case of default in such appearance on two consecutive dates, the Trial Court will have liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. Raj Ranjan/- (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) U T