Ramesh Yadav @ Ramesh Kumar @ Baul Yadav @ Baul @ Ramesh Kumar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7913 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-547 Year-2025 Thana- ARA NAGAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Ramesh Yadav @ Ramesh Kumar @ Baul Yadav @ Baul @ Ramesh Kumar Yadav Son of Lali Yadav Resident of Village- Tari Mohalla (Gola Mohalla), P.S.- Ara Town, District- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Kahkashan Alam, Advocate Mr. Sristi Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Madan Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 06-02-2026 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Ms. Sristi Kumari and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of five cases out of which four cases are under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 67.5 litres of liquor from a sack.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even the alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7913 of 2026(2) dt.06-02-2026 2/2 and is accessible to public at large and he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of Binay and Suraj in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value. It is further submitted that once an accused is implicated in a case relating to excise, the police starts implicating mechanically either at the instance of Chowkidar, local person, confessional statement or secret information without holding a proper investigation. It is also submitted that petitioner is in custody since 9-1-2026. 5.

Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6.

Considering the submission made by learned counsel for the petitioner, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Ara Town P.S. Case No. 547 of 2025.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sumit/- U T