Suresh Ray @ Chhota Golu v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59596 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-146 Year-2018 Thana- RIVILGANJ District- Saran ====================================================== Suresh Ray @ Chhota Golu, S/o Barak Rai @ Lalan Rai, R/o Village- Bara Telpa, P.S.- Nagar (Chapra Town), District- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ajit Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Tapeshwar Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 09-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Rivilganj P.S. Case No. 146 of 2018 for the offence registered under Sections 272, 273, 308 of the IPC and Section 30 (a) and 37 (a)(c) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, 40 litres each of petitioner and co-accused Kameshwar Rai of illicit country made liquor recovered from furnace (bhatti) situated at Diliya Rahimpur Diyara. It is disclosed by apprehended co-accused Subhash Prasad that the petitioner and the other co-accused person are involved in illicit business of liquor. It is alleged that petitioner and co-accused Kameshwar Rai fled away from the spot seeing the police force.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59596 of 2025(3) dt.09-10-2025 2/3 petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case on suspicion. Petitioner was not apprehended on the spot. Nothing incriminating recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner has no concern with the place of occurrence. Recovery was made from an open place accessible to anyone. Petitioner is in jail custody since 10.07.2025, having three criminal antecedents of similar nature. Petitioner undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and 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 Court concerned, Saran at Chapra, in connection with Rivilganj P.S. Case No. 146 of 2018, 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
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59596 of 2025(3) dt.09-10-2025 3/3 liberty to take steps for cancellation of bail bonds. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) khushbu/- U T