Vishal Kumar @ Vishal v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27484 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-71 Year-2026 Thana- VAISHALI District- Vaishali ====================================================== Vishal Kumar @ Vishal Son of Ranjit Tiwary Resident of Viillage Madarna @ Gopinathpur, P.O. Madarna, P.S. - Vaishali, District - Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Prakash Chandra Jha For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Kumar Ranjit Ranjan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 13-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Vaishali (Belsar O.P.) P.S. Case No.71 of 2026, dated 28.01.2026, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 281, 324(4), 324(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.
3. The prosecution case is that, on 27.01.2026, a Spresso Car bearing Registration No.BR06DD-9570 damaged a transformer near the house of one Nageshwar Singh. Upon reaching the place of occurrence, police found that the driver had fled and the vehicle allegedly contained liquor. Allegedly, the loss caused to the transformer was assessed at Rs.28,586/-.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27484 of 2026(3) dt.13-05-2026 2/3
4. Pursuant to the order dated 01.05.2026, the petitioner was voluntarily agreed to deposit the loss amount of Rs.28,586/- to the North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited. Today, the learned counsel for the petitioner has produced a receipt showing deposit of the amount to the tune of Rs.28,586/- with North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited, which is kept on record at Flag 'X'.
5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
6. Taking into account that the loss caused to the NBPDCL has already been deposited by the petitioner and that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six 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 the learned Exclusive Special Excise Court (2nd) cum- District & Additional Sessions Judge, Hajipur at Vaishali/Successor Court in connection with Vaishali (Belsar O.P) P.S. Case No.71 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS as well as the following conditions:
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27484 of 2026(3) dt.13-05-2026 3/3 (i) One of the bailors should be the family member/relative/known of the petitioner(s) who shall provide official document/ personal affidavit to show his/her bona fide; (ii) the petitioner(s) shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his/her/their bail bond by the Trial Court itself; (iii) the petitioner(s) shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(iv) the petitioner(s) shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of their bail bonds. (Ajit Kumar, J) shikha/- U T