Sunil Ram v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22088 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-34 Year-2025 Thana- MINAPUR District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== 1.
Sunil Ram, S/O Late Banvari Ram Resident of Village- Bahadurpur Ward No. 14, P.S.- Minapur, (Panapur), Dist.- Muzaffarpur. 2.
Navin Ram @ Navin Kumar, S/O Sunil Ram Resident of VillageBahadurpur Ward No. 14, P.S.- Minapur, (Panapur), Dist.- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sweety Sinha, Advocate For the State :
Mr.Veena Kumari Jaiswal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER 30-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.
2. The present petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioners, apprehending their arrest, in connection with Minapur P.S. Case No.- 34 of 2025, dated 01.02.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.
3. As per allegation, 2112.255 litres of foreign liquor has been recovered from the house of one Anil Ram and the house was under supervision of the petitioners as per secret information.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22088 of 2025(2) dt.30-04-2025 2/3 Petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. He further submits that nothing has been recovered from the personal possession of the petitioners or from their houses. He also submits that the recovery of the alleged foreign liquor has been made from the house of others and they are no way connected with the alleged offence.
5. It is also stated in paragraph no. 2 of the bail petition that the petitioners have not moved this Court earlier either for anticipatory bail or regular one in the instant case.
6. It has further been stated in paragraph no. 3 of the petition that the petitioners have no criminal antecedents.
7. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer of the Petitioners for bail.
8. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed, directing the petitioners above-named, to be enlarged on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on their furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000 /- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned concerned Court, in connection with Minapur P.S. Case No.- 34 of 2025, subject to the conditions as
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22088 of 2025(2) dt.30-04-2025 3/3 laid down under Section 438 (2) Cr.PC and on the following conditions:
(i) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that the petitioners have any criminal antecedents, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioners after hearing them and getting satisfied that the petitioners have concealed their criminal antecedents despite their knowledge of the same.
(ii) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that statement regarding previous bail petition is wrong, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioners.
(Jitendra Kumar, J.) Ramesh, S.Ali/- U T