IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11914 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-200 Year-2025 Thana- EXCISE PAKRIBARAWAN District- Nawada ====================================================== Raju Choudhary @ Raju Kumar Son of Binod Choudhary R/o Village - Afardih, P.S. - Mahuli, Dist. - Sheikhpura. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pramod Kumar Verma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 2 19-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Excise Pakri Barawan P.S. Case No. 200 of 2025, instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 47 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 300 liters liquor was recovered from car and the petitioner was apprehended on spot. 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 Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11914 of 2026(2) dt.19-02-2026 2/2 no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned counsel for the petitioner also submitted that the petitioner is not the owner of the car in question rather he was passenger of that car and has got no knowledge with regard to the nature of goods loaded in the vehicle. The petitioner is in custody since 25.12.2025 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 Excise Pakri Barawan P.S. Case No. 200 of 2025. Rajorshi/- (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) U T