Jaikant Rai @ Jay Kant Ray v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13182 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-62 Year-2020 Thana- RAGHOPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Jaikant Rai @ Jay Kant Ray S/o- Sanjivan Rai Sukumarpur, P.S- Rustampur O.P., P.O- Jahangirpur, District- Vaishali, and presently R/O Locality - Baglodan Gali Mangal Talab, P.S. Chowk, District - Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ravish Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Veena Kumari Jaiswal, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 16-04-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 414/34 of the Indian Penal Code as well as Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of thirty-nine cases out of which twenty-seven cases are under the Excise Act and is in custody since 06.12.2025 and allegation is of recovery of 330 litres of liquor from the house of Ramakant Rai and two motorcycles were seized.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13182 of 2026(2) dt.16-04-2026 2/2 recovered from his conscious possession. It is further submitted that petitioner came to be implicated based on the secret information which is the easiest way to implicate someone. It is next submitted that petitioner is not the owner of any of the seized vehicles but then the house from where the liquor was recovered is a joint family property, hence, it cannot be alleged with certainty that it was the petitioner who had kept the liquor in the house or the liquor kept in the house was within his knowledge. It is also submitted that charge-sheet against the petitioner has been submitted in this case.

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

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court where the case is pending in connection with Raghopur (Rustampur O.P.) P.S. Case No. 62 of 2020. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T