Ajit Ray @ Ajit Kumar Ray v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7869 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-211 Year-2025 Thana- AURAI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Ajit Ray @ Ajit Kumar Ray S/o- Rambriksh Ray R/o- Rajkhand P.S. Aurai District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rajkumar Rajesh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mrs. Renu Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 04-02-2026 Heard Mr. Rajkumar Rajesh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. Renu Kumari, learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in Aurai P.S. Case No. 211 of 2025 instituted for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 816.48 litres of liquor was recovered from Mahindra pickup vehicle.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner was not present at the spot and rather his name was disclosed by co-accused Deepak Kumar which has no evidentiary value in the eye of law. The petitioner has got no knowledge and concern with the alleged recovery of liquor.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7869 of 2026(2) dt.04-02-2026 2/2 Learned counsel, therefore, submitted that prima-facie, no case is made out against the petitioner. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika 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, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory 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 Aurai P.S. Case No. 211 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T