Bhuvneshwar Singh @ Muneshwar Prasad Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7993 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-196 Year-2025 Thana- TIKAPATTI District- Purnia ====================================================== Bhuvneshwar Singh @ Muneshwar Prasad Singh S/O Late Parmeshwar Singh R/O Village- Koshkipur, P.S- Tikapatti, Distt.- Purnea. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sumit Kumar Bhagat, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shyam Bihari Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 10-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in Tikapatti P.S. case No. 196 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 5 liters liquor was recovered from plastic gallon.

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 further submitted that recovery has been made from an open

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7993 of 2026(2) dt.10-02-2026 2/3 place accessible to public at large. The petitioner has been falsely implicated by the police with ulterior motive. The petitioner is in custody since 14.12.2025 and has got three criminal antecedents. There is no compliance of Section 103 of B.N.S.S., 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, after framing of charge, if not already framed, 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 Tikapatti P.S. case No. 196 of 2025, 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 and shall not remain absent on two consecutive dates without sufficient cause.

(III) The petitioner will not tamper with the evidence

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7993 of 2026(2) dt.10-02-2026 3/3 or the witnesses during the trial.

(IV) Petitioner shall not commit offence of similar nature in future.

If any of the above conditions are violated, the Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Pankaj/- U T