IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58068 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-207 Year-2026 Thana- NAYAGAON District- Saran ====================================================== Raj Nath Sahni @ Rajnath Sahani Son of Dewari Sahni Resident of Village- Rasulpur, P.S.- Nayagaon, District- Chapra, Saran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Hari Mohan Tripathi, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Akbar Ali, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 2 19-08-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Nayagaon P.S. Case No. 207 of 2026 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 3. As per the allegation, on receipt of secret information that the petitioner was selling illicit liquor near the bank of the river at Nayagaon, the informant, along with the police party, proceeded to the said place. Upon seeing the police party, one person started fleeing from the spot. Although the police party chased him, he managed to escape. Thereafter, upon search, altogether 40 litres of country-made liquor were recovered. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case and since he has been made accused in two other cases earlier, his Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58068 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 2/2 name has been purposely planted in the present case. Moreover, the procedure of search and seizure as prescribed under Section 103/105 of the B.N.S.S. have not been followed with. It has further been submitted that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Lastly, it has been submitted that petitioner is in judicial custody since 23.07.2026, and although he has been made an accused in two other cases of a similar nature, he is presently on bail in both those cases. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner. 6. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the records. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned 2nd Exclusive Excise Judge, Saran, Chapra, in connection with Nayagaon P.S. Case No. 207 of 2026. 8. The application stands allowed. Ankit Kumar/- (Praveen Kumar, J) U T