IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1793 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-572 Year-2024 Thana- BAKHTIYARPUR District- Patna ====================================================== Ranjit Kumar S/O Ram Jee Sao R/O Naya Tola, Madhopur, P.S- Bakhtiyarpur, Distt.- Patna. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The State of Bihar patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rakesh Bihari Singh, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Dr. Kumar Uday Pratap, APP ====================================================== 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 Bakhtiyarpur PS Case No. 572 of 2024 instituted for the offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 26.1 liters liquor of foreign liquor was recovered from the cloth shop. 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 for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not the owner of the cloth shop in question and his name has transpired in this case on Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1793 of 2026(2) dt.19-01-2026 2/2 the disclousre made by the local person. The petitioner is in custody since 14.11.2025 and has got two criminal antecedents. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the BNSS, 2023. 5. Learned A.P.P. 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/- (Fifteen thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Bakhtiyarpur PS Case No. 572 of 2024, 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. Siddharth Soni/- (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) U T