IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10988 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-848 Year-2025 Thana- SONEPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Ram Nivash Rai @ Baichaini Gop @ Mukesh Ranjan S/o Late Shivanath Rai @ Late Shivnath Ray Resident of Village- Sabalpur Neval Tola, P.S.- Sonepur, District- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh No. I For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Mushtaque Alam ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 16-04-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of three cases, out of which two cases are under the Excise Act and is in custody since 31.12.2025 and allegation is of recovery of 480 litres of liquor from a place near bank of a river at Sabalpur. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner and is Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10988 of 2026(2) dt.16-04-2026 2/2 accessible to public at large and he came to be implicated at the instance of chowkidar and local person but then it is submitted that police in majority of the case implicates in mechanical manner at the instance of chowkidar and local person, specially those who have earlier been implicated in cases relating to excise. 4. Learned A.P.P. opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner. 5. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5000/- (Rupees five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Sonepur P.S. Case No.848/2025. amit/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T