Kamdev Kumar @ Virendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21846 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-12 Year-2025 Thana- PASRAHA District- Khagaria ====================================================== Kamdev Kumar @ Virendra Kumar, aged about 26 years, Male, son of Late Kapil Dev Singh, Resident of village -Bari Pasraha PS -Pasraha DistrictKhagaria (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shakib Ayaz, Advocate Mr.Uma Kant Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ajit Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-04-2025 Heard Mr. Shakib Ayaz along with Mr. Uma Kant Mishra,, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Ajit Kumar, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Pasraha P.S. Case No. 12/2025 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, 9.90 litres of illicit liquor was recovered from husk house of the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. He further submitted that recovery of alleged liquor has been made from the husk house,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21846 of 2025(2) dt.23-04-2025 2/2 which is an open place and petitioner had no idea that illicit liquor was kept there.

5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail.

6. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned District Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Excise Judge, 2nd Khagaria in connection with Pasraha P.S. Case No. 12/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the 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) Sanjay/- U T