Patna High CourtCR. MISC./51942/2025bail granted

Pappu Kumar @ Pappu Rai v. The State Of Bihar

2025-08-06Mr. Justice R. P. Mishra2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51942 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-13 Year-2025 Thana- Hariharnath P.S. District- Saran ====================================================== Pappu kumar @ Pappu Rai S/o Gopi Rai R/o Sabalpur Chaharam, P.S.- Hariharnath, District - Saran Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Alok Kumar Alok, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bharat Bhushan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 06-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Hariharnath P.S. Case No. 13 of 2025 instituted for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 75 litres of liquor was recovered from tempo.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner was not apprehended on the spot. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Learned counsel further submitted that petitioner is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51942 of 2025(2) dt.06-08-2025 2/2 neither the owner nor the driver of the vehicle. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. The petitioner is in custody since 07.07.2025 and has no criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- ( Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Hariharnath P.S. Case No. 13 of 2025.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T