Dilbag Singh @ Dilbaj Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20939 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-28 Year-2026 Thana- BARUN District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Dilbag Singh @ Dilbaj Singh S/o Fauja Singh Resident of Village- Singhpur Jatta, P.S.- Hajipur (Mukeriya), District- Hoshiarpur (Punjab). At present R/o Village- Bagga Punjabi Dhaba Jogiya, P.S.- Barun, District- Aurangabad (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms.Mukul Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Kumar Ranjit Ranjan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-04-2026 Heard Ms. Mukul Kumari, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Kumar Ranjit Ranjan, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Barun P.S.Case No.28 of 2026, registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, 6.160 ltr. of country-made liquor has been recovered from the cow shed (Goshala) situated behind the hotel.

4. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is not involved in either sale or consumption of the liquor. He further submitted that neither the said cow shed nor the Hotel belong to the petitioner.

5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20939 of 2026(2) dt.16-04-2026 2/2 prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail.

6. Having considered the rival submissions made on behalf of the parties, as well as, the said hotel and the cow shed do not belong to the petitioner, the petitioner is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the district court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned district court where the case is pending in connection with Barun P.S.Case No.28 of 2026 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C./Section 482(2) of BNSS.

7. The learned district court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner is involved in some other cases as what has been stated in paragraph No.3 of the bail application, this order will automatically lose its force.

(Purnendu Singh, J) chn/- U T