Ganesh Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25141 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-27 Year-2026 Thana- MUSRIGHRARI District- Samastipur ====================================================== Ganesh Paswan Son of Shankar Paswan Resident of Village- Gangapur Ward No. 05, P.S.- Musrigharari, District- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shashank Shekhar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Indu Kumari Srivastava ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 16-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Musrigharari P.S. Case No. 27 of 2026 registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, there is recovery of 90 litres of illicit liquor from the hut.

4. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is in custody since 18.02.2026 having clean antecedent.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready to donate Rs. 25,000/- in some charitable

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25141 of 2026(2) dt.16-04-2026 2/3 organization without accepting his guilt.

6. Learned APP appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, Excise-I, Samastipur/concerned Court below in connection with Musrigharari P.S. Case No. 27 of 2026.

8. This is also subject to the condition that the petitioner shall deposit cumulatively an amount of Rs. 25,000/- in Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Swami Vivekanand Path, Bela, Muzaffarpur, Bihar-842002 and produce the receipt of the same before the Court below. The bail bonds of the petitioner shall be accepted after verifying the genuineness of the receipt produced by the petitioner.

9. As the petitioner claims to have clean antecedent, the Court below, before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner is directed to verify the antecedent of the petitioner. If the petitioner is found to be involved in any other case then the bail bonds of the petitioner shall not be accepted.

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10. As a condition of this order, the petitioner after being released on bail is directed to mark his attendance at local P.S. on first Sunday of each month. Any default in appearance at the police station will result in cancellation of bail bonds of the petitioner.

11. It is, however, clarified that the observations made herein are limited to the adjudication of the present bail application and shall not prejudice the case of the petitioners at any subsequent stage of the trial and this Court has not express any opinion on the merits of the case.

(Sandeep Kumar, J) sanjeev/- U T