Ram Kishor Thakur @ Ram Kishore Thakur v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58975 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-132 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Saran ====================================================== Ram Kishor Thakur @ Ram Kishore Thakur S/o Late Ram Prakash Thakur R/o Village- Malighat, P.S.- Mithanpura, District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Chandra Mohan Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Tapeshwar Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 11-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Sadar Excise P.S. Case No. 132 of 2025 for the offences registered under Sections 30(a), 32(3) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act.
3. There is recovery of 25.920 litre foreign liquor from the dickey of the Scooty on which petitioner and another co-accused were riding. They were apprehended on the spot.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case only on suspicion. Nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. Petitioner is neither owner of the Scooty nor the seized liquor belong to him. Owner of the Scooty
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58975 of 2025(2) dt.11-09-2025 2/2 is co-accused Rakesh Jaiswal. Petitioner had no knowledge about the seized liquor. He was only driving the Scooty. There is no independent witness of the seizure-list. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail. He is in custody since 17.06.2025.
5. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made on behalf of the parties, facts and circumstances of the case and period of custody, let the petitioner, named above, be enlarged on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge 3rd, Saran at Chapra in connection with Sadar Excise P.S. Case No. 132 of 2025. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J.) rakhi/- U T