Vinod @ Makae Ram @ Vinod Ram @ Makae @ Vinod Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16299 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-69 Year-2026 Thana- BHELDI District- Saran ====================================================== 1.

Vinod @ Makae Ram @ Vinod Ram @ Makae @ Vinod Kumar Son of Late Ramesh Ram Resident of Village- Koreya, P.S.- Bheldi, District- Saran 2.

Niiraj Kumar Son of Shailesh Kumar Ram Resident of Village- Koreya, P.S.- Bheldi, District- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Shweta Anand, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Renu Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 13-03-2026 Heard Ms. Shweta Anand, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mrs. Renu Kumari, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners seek bail in connection with Bheldi P.S. Case No. 69 of 2026, instituted for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 80 liters liquor was recovered from motorcycle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. The petitioners have got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16299 of 2026(2) dt.13-03-2026 2/2 counsel for the petitioners also submits that the petitioners have been arrested only on the basis of suspicion. It is next submitted that the petitioners are not the owner of the motorcycle in question rather they were passerby of that way and was arrested. The petitioners are in custody since 17.02.2026. Petitioner no. 1 has got one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail and petitioner no. 2 has got no criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioners.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the period of custody undergone by the petitioners, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioners.

7. Let the petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Bheldi P.S. Case No. 69 of 2026.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Rajorshi/- U T