Ashique Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56929 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-186 Year-2025 Thana- PARANDABAR District- Nawada ====================================================== Ashique Kumar S/o Sanjay Rajbanshi @ Sanjay Rajvanshi R/o Village - Guljarbigha, P.S.- Fatehpur, District - Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mrs. Veena Kumari Jaiswal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 24-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Parnadabar P.S. Case No. 186 of 2025 for the offence registered under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 400 litres of illicit country made liquor recovered from the Wagon-R vehicle. It is alleged that the petitioner was sitting in the seized vehicle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He has no concern with the seized liquor or car. Petitoiner was neither driver nor owner of the seized car. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. He had taken lift in the car. He further submits that the petitioner had no knowledge about the seized liquor loaded in the vehicle.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56929 of 2025(3) dt.24-09-2025 2/2 Petitioner who is a young boy is in jail custody since 20.07.2025, having two criminal antecedents in which he is on bail. Petitioner undertakes to cooperate in the trial of the case.

5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and period of custody, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court-1, Nawada, in connection with Parnadabar P.S. Case No. 186 of 2025, with further conditions that:- (i) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail bond by the Trial Court itself.

(ii) The petitioner shall desist from committing any such criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of bail bonds. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) khushbu/- U T