Ankit Singh @ Ankit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.54976 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-141 Year-2025 Thana- MIRGANJ District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Ankit Singh @ Ankit Kumar S/O Late Arjun Singh R/O Vill- Ekdanga, Tola Neruai, P.S.- Mirganj, Distt- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Priya Raj, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Rana Randhir Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 14-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Mirganj PS Case No. 141 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Section/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act and Section 317(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3.

The prosecution case, in short, is that 263.910 liters foreign liquor was recovered from Maruti Suzuki car. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. It is submitted

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.54976 of 2025(2) dt.14-08-2025 2/2 that petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the car in question and he was oblivious of the fact that illicit liquor was laden in the vehicle. The petitioner is in custody since 29-05-2025 and has got one criminal antecedent/s. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the BNSS, 2023.

5.

Learned A.P.P. 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/- (Fifteen thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Mirganj PS Case No. 141 of 2025.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Raj Kishore/- U T