IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10016 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-980 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Nawada ====================================================== 1. Ranjit Rajwanshi S/o Late Radhe Ram Rajwanshi R/o Village- Jaishin Bigha, PS- Muffasil, Dist.- Nawada 2. Upendra Rajwanshi S/o Late Ram Chandra Rajwanshi R/o vill - Bhaur, P.S.- Rajauli, Distt.- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Pramod Kumar Verma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Bishweshwar Ram, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 2 19-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioners seek bail in connection with Excise Nawada P.S. Case No. 980 of 2025, instituted for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 98 liters of country made liquor was recovered from three sacks. Petitioners were arrest on the spot. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating material has been recovered from Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10016 of 2026(2) dt.19-02-2026 2/2 the conscious possession of the petitioners. The petitioners have got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submitted that the recovery has been made from mountain, which is an open place and is accessible to public at large. The petitioners are in custody since 30.11.2025. Petitioner No.1 has no criminal antecedent, whereas petitioner No.2 has one criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioners. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the period of custody undergone by the petitioners, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioners. 7. Let the petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Excise Nawada P.S. Case No. 980 of 2025. manish/- (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) U T