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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19744 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-186 Year-2025 Thana- MUSRIGHRARI District- Samastipur ====================================================== Raj Kumar @ Raj Kumar Singh Son of Umesh Prasad Singh @ Umesh Singh Resident of Village - Fatehpurwala, P.S.- Musrigharari, District - Samastipur. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dilip Kumar Roy, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs. Renu Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 25-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner has prayed for regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 30(a), 33 and 36 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The case of the prosecution is that from the house of the petitioner, altogether 24 liters of spirit was recovered and from his orchard , altogether 35.25 liters of country made liquor was recovered.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. He has been falsely implicated in this case. There is no independent witness
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19744 of 2026(2) dt.25-03-2026 2/2 of the seizure list rather they are police personnel. Police has not followed Section 105 of BNSS while preparing seizure list. Moreover, the petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since
16.01.2026.
5. Learned APP appearing for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer of regular bail and submitted that petitioner is having criminal antecedent of two cases of similar nature.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail in connection with Musrigharari P.S. Case No. 186 of 2025 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Judge Excise-I, Samastipur with a condition that the petitioner will not indulge in similar nature of offences in future.
shubham/- (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) U T