IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11374 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-552 Year-2025 Thana- PALIGANJ District- Patna ====================================================== Shantanu Kumar Son of Dhananjay Sharma @ Sanjay Sharma R/o Village/Mohalla - Kudrasi, P.S. - Rampur Chauram, Dist. - Arwal. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Piyush Kant Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Braj Kishore Pd., APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 2 17-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in Paliganj P.S. Case No. 552 of 2025 dated 22-11-2025, registered under Section 318(4), 178, 179, 180, 336(3), 340(2), 3(5) and 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. The allegation is of recovery of 750 ml of illicit foreign liquor and counterfeit currency amounting to Rs. 20,000/- from the house of the co-accused, Minku Singh. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that the petitioner has been implicated merely on account of being the brother-in-law (sala) of co-accused Minku Singh. It is next submitted that no Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11374 of 2026(2) dt.17-02-2026 2/2 contraband was recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner or from his house; rather, the alleged illicit liquor and counterfeit currency were recovered from the house of the co- accused, Minku Singh. The petitioner is neither the owner nor the tenant of the said premises from where the alleged recovery has been made. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioner has been in judicial custody since 22-11-2025 and has no criminal antecedents. 5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has opposed the prayer. 6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Court of Excise, Danapur, in connection with Paliganj P.S. Case No. 552 of 2025, Special Excise Case No. 2348 of 2025. shyambihari/- (Khatim Reza, J) U