IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57449 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-84 Year-2026 Thana- UPHARA District- Aurangabad ====================================================== 1. Ranjan Kumar, aged about 19 years (incorrectly mentioned in the FIR as 26 years) (male), S/o Bhola Pasi 2. Ramesh Pasi @ Bugram Pasi @ Buguram Pasi, aged about 45 years (male), 3. Bhola Pasi aged about 54 years (incorrectly mentioned in FIR as 50 years) (male) Above 2 and 3 are sons of Tapeshwar Pasi All above are residents of Village- Banra, Hamidnagar, P.S. Uphara, District- Aurangabad ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Aman Vishal, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Pradeep Narain Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 19-08-2026 At the outset, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners seeks to withdraw the prayer for bail on behalf of petitioner no.1 Ranjan Kumar informing that the petitioner no.1 has been arrested during the pendency of the bail application. 2. In view of the above, the prayer for bail on behalf of petitioner no.1 Ranjan Kumar stands dismissed as withdrawn. 3. Heard Mr. Aman Vishal, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Mr. Pradeep Narain Kumar, learned APP for the State. 4. The petitioners No. 2 and 3 seek pre-arrest bail in connection with Uphara P.S. Case No. 84 of 2026 registered for Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57449 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 2/3 the offence punishable under Section 30 (a) and 30(c) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act as amended up-to-date. 5. Allegation is of recovery of 45 litres of illicit liquor from a garden situated near Punpun river. 6. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the present case. Petitioners have no concern with the alleged seized liquor nor they are involved in trade of illicit liquor in any manner. The recovery was made from a garden situated near Punpun river, which is an open place and easily accessible to anyone. Petitioners have clean antecedent. On these grounds, petitioners no. 2 and 3 seek to be released on pre- arrest bail. 7. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioners. 8. Having heard the rival submissions made on behalf of the parties, as well as, the fact that the recovery of 45 litres of illicit liquor from a garden situated near Punpun river, which is an open place and easily accessible to any one and also the fact that the State has failed to implement its liquor policy in its true spirit, the petitioners no. 2 and 3, above named, are directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of their arrest or Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57449 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 3/3 surrender before the learned District Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned District Court where the case is pending, in connection with Uphara P.S. Case No. 84 of 2026, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. 9. The learned District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioners no. 2 and 3 as stated in paragraph no. 3 of the bail application. If any other case is pending against the petitioners no. 2 and 3 as what has been stated in paragraph no. 3, this order will lose its force automatically. 10. The present bail application is disposed of. Niraj/- (Purnendu Singh, J) U T