Munshi Ray @ Munshi Lal Ray v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26927 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-8 Year-2026 Thana- TISIAUTA District- Vaishali ====================================================== 1.
Munshi Ray @ Munshi Lal Ray S/o Harendra Rai @ Harendra Ray Resident of village- Lakshmi Narayanpur/ Lakshmipur, Singhara Bujurg, P.STisiauta, District - Vaishali 2.
Dinesh Sahni S/o Ram Sharan Sahni R/o Village - Govindpur / Govindpur Singhara, P.S - Mahua, District - Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Sunil Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Tarkeshwar Nath Thakur, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 22-04-2026 Initially, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner no. 2, namely, Dinesh Sahni, has been arrested during the pendency of the present application.
2. Accordingly, the present application, in so far as it relates to petitioner no. 2, stands dismissed as having become infructuous.
3. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
4. Petitioner No.1 Munshi Rai @ Munshi Lal Ray is apprehending arrest in connection with Tisiauta P.S. Case No. 08 of 2026 registered on 09.01.2026 for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26927 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 2/3 (Amendment) Act, 2022.
5. As per prosecution, total recovery of 1144.440 liters Indian Made Foreign Liquor is the subject matter of the present case.
6. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. The alleged recovery has not been made from the possession of the petitioner, rather it has been made near a pond which does not belong to the petitioner but the petitioner has been made accused in he present case maliciously. The petitioner has a clean criminal antecedent.
7. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the antecedent of the petitioner is clean.
8. In the facts and circumstances, let petitioner no. 1, namely, Munshi Rai @ Munshi Lal Ray, be released on bail, subject to payment of Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lac Only) before the learned Trial Court which shall be outcome of the present case, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of ₹30000/- (thirty thousand) as mentioned in Section 2(1) (d) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26927 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 3/3 satisfaction of the Exclusive Special Judge, Excise-II, Vaishali at Hajipur, in connection with the aforesaid case, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Dr. Anshuman, J) Ashwini/- U T