IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.91088 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-139 Year-2025 Thana- Lakho District- Begusarai ====================================================== Santosh Kumar Singh @ Santosh Kumar @ Santosh Singh S/o Late Lukho Singh R/o Village- Eniyar, PS- Lakho, Distt.- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Binod Kumar Paswan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Akbar Ali, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 2 12-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Lakho PS Case No. 139 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Section/s 30(a), 32(2), 41(1) & 47 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 285.6 liters liquor was recovered from car. 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. It is submitted Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.91088 of 2025(2) dt.12-01-2026 2/2 that petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the car in question. The petitioner is in custody since 24.08.2025 and has got no criminal antecedent/s. 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, clean antecedent of the petitioner 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 Lakho PS Case No. 139 of 2025. Raj Kishore/- (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) U T