Pramod Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32720 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-4 Year-2021 Thana- DAGARUA District- Purnia ====================================================== Pramod Kumar Son of Ram Niwas Yadav Resident of Village- Hiramanpur Pakri, P.O.- Amhara, P.S.- Bihta, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Bharat Lal ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 23-06-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 272, 273 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act.

3. Perusal of the first information report and the seizure list, would go to show that 1431.81 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from a truck bearing Registration No. BR-28GA368L and the driver of the said truck was arrested on the spot.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no recovery from the physical and conscious possession of the petitioner. As a matter of fact, the petitioner was not named originally in the FIR and subsequently

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32720 of 2025(3) dt.23-06-2025 2/2 he came to know that his name has also transpired in the present case as he was at one point of time the registered owner of the said truck. However, it has been submitted that he had sold his truck to one Lalbabu in the year 2016 itself and the documents have also been annexed as Annexure-2 and 3 to the petitioner. The petitioner also submits that no coercive processes have been issued against the petitioner till date and he has no criminal antecedent.

5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

6. Taking into consideration the fact and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, be enlarged on bail 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 court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Dagrua P.S. Case No. 04 of 2021, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

devendra/- (Soni Shrivastava, J) U T