Sarwar Kumar Ray @ Sarwan Kumar Ray @ Shrawan Kumar Ray @ Shrawan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13386 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-4 Year-2025 Thana- SARAI RANJAN District- Samastipur ====================================================== Sarwar Kumar Ray @ Sarwan Kumar Ray @ Shrawan Kumar Ray @ Shrawan Kumar Son of Jagbandhu Ray R/O Village- Nauachak, P.S.- Sarai Ranjan, District- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Suneil Kumar Thakur, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Md. Shakir Ahmad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 28-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Sarai Ranjan PS Case No. 4 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 total 118.515 litres of foreign liquor was recovered from bathan of co-accused Deepak Kumar.

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 submitted that recovery is made from the co-accused Deepak Kumar. It is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13386 of 2025(2) dt.28-02-2025 2/2 further submitted that the name of the petitioner has transpired on secret information. The petitioner is in custody since 19.01.2025 and has got one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail. There is no compliance of Section 103 of B.N.S.S. Other co-accused has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 12.02.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 6101 of 2025.

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 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Sarai Ranjan PS Case No. 4 of 2025.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Raj Ranjan/- U T