Ravishankar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38394 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-146 Year-2025 Thana- BALIYA District- Begusarai ====================================================== 1.

Ravishankar Singh S/O Late Narayan Singh Resident of Village- Rohini Nawadih, PS- Jasidih, District- Deoghar (Jharkhand). 2.

Md. Sameer @ Guddu @ Md. Siamr S/O Md. Nanho Resident of VillageRohini, PS- Jasidih, District- Deoghar (Jharkhand). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Onkar Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sucheta Yadav, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-06-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners have preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Ballia P.S. Case No. 146/2025 dated 03.05.2025 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a), 32(2), 41(1) and 41(2) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act and Sections 292 and 61(2) of the B.N.S.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 136.500 litres of illicit foreign liquor was recovered from the Scorpio vehicle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38394 of 2025(2) dt.23-06-2025 2/2 implicated in this case. The petitioners are not the owner of the seized vehicle and they have no knowledge about the aforesaid seized liquor. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. The co-accused person has already been granted regular bail by this court vide order dated 17.06.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No.37059 of 2025. The petitioners have clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioners are in custody since 03.05.2025.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the bail petition of the petitioners.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioners above-named, are directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Begusarai in connection with Ballia P.S. Case No. 146 of 2025.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Gautam/- U T