IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2390 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-220 Year-2025 Thana- BIND District- Nalanda ====================================================== Uday Kumar Paswan Son of Duleshwar Paswan Resident of Village- Koylanagar, P.S.- Saraidhela, District- Dhanbad, State- Jharkhand, at present Q A1/139, Koylanagar, P.O. BCCL Township, District- Dhanbad, State- Jharkhand ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Gautam, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Abhay Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 2 19-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Bind P.S. Case No. 220 of 2025, instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 41(1) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 2709 liters liquor was recovered from Pick-up van. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned counsel further submitted that the petitioner is driver of the vehicle and Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2390 of 2026(2) dt.19-01-2026 2/2 he has no knowledge regarding the goods loaded in the vehicle. The petitioner is in custody since 23.11.2025 and has got no 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 petitioner. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. 7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Bind P.S. Case No. 220 of 2025, subject to the following conditions: (I) One of the bailors shall be own/close member of the family of the petitioner. (II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed at the trial. In case of default in such appearance on two consecutive dates, the Trial Court will have liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. manish/- (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) U T