IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3559 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-460 Year-2023 Thana- BIBHUTIPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== Dhiraj Kumar Singh @ Dhiraj Singh @ Dhiraj Kumar S/o Gouri Shankar Singh @ Gauri Shankar Singh R/o Village- Sakhmohan, PS- Bibhutipur, Distt- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Madhav Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Nand Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 30-01-2026 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 seven cases, out of which, two cases are under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 2395.500 litres of liquor from an abandoned house of Late Maksudan Mahto. 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 house which does not belong to the petitioner and he has no concern or Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3559 of 2026(2) dt.30-01-2026 2/2 relation with Maksudan and he came to be implicated at the instance of chowkidar but then it is submitted that if chowkidar was aware of the involvement of the petitioner in the occurrence then why he did not inform the police prior to institution of the instant FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution and the petitioner is in custody since 26.08.2025. 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.10,000/- (Rupees ten 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 Bibhutipur P.S. Case No.460/2023. amit/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T