Vikash Kumar @ Vikash Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8267 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1100 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Nawada ====================================================== Vikash Kumar @ Vikash Chaudhary Son of Manikchand Chaudhary Resident of Village- New Area, Rana Bigha, P.S.- Dipnagar, District- Nalanda, ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Man Mohan Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad, 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 connection with Nawada Excise P.S. Case No. 1100 of 2025 instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 47, 41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 155.340 litres of liquor was recovered from car.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Learned counsel further submitted that petitioner is not the owner of the vehicle. It is further
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8267 of 2026(2) dt.10-02-2026 2/2 submitted that petitioner is the driver of the vehicle in question but he had no knowledge regarding the goods loaded in the vehicle. The petitioner is in custody since 28.12.2025 and 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 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 Nawada Excise P.S. Case No. 1100 of 2025 .
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T