IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55177 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-150 Year-2025 Thana- LAKHAURA District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1. Sandip Kumar S/O Asha Paswan Resident of village - Gola Pakadiya P.S.- Lakhaura, District- East Champaran 2. Kamlesh Paswan S/O Jiyut Paswan Resident of village - Badka Pakahi, P.S.- Lakhaura , District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Harendra Prasad, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 07-08-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioners seek bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 32 and 41(1) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no. 1 has antecedent of one case under the Excise Act and petitioner no. 2 is a person with clean antecedent and are in custody since 02.06.2026 and allegation is of recovery of 102 litres of liquor from a motorcycle. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners were not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from their conscious possession. It is further Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55177 of 2026(2) dt.07-08-2026 2/2 submitted that petitioners are not the owner of the seized vehicle and came to be implicated at the instance of the Chawkidar with whom they are on an inimical term. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for regular bail of the petitioners. 6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, the petitioners, above-named, are directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court where the case is pending in connection with Lakhaura P.S. Case No. 150 of 2025. Kundan/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T