Patna High CourtCR. MISC./67936/2025bail granted

Praveen Rai @ Praveen Kumar @ Praveen Kumar Rai v. The State Of Bihar

2025-10-10Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.67936 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-79 Year-2025 Thana- NAYAGAON District- Saran ====================================================== Praveen Rai @ Praveen Kumar @ Praveen Kumar Rai Son of Binod Rai @ Binod Ray R/o Village - Bariyarchowk (Hasilpur), P.S. - Nayagaon, District - Saran At Chapra.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rakesh Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anand Kishore Choudhary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Nayagaon P.S. Case No. 79 of 2025 dated 11.05.2025 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 120 litres of illicit country made liquor along with 9 kg. nausadar were recovered at bhathi situated in Gopalganj.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged recovery. The petitioner was not apprehended from the place of occurrence rather he was remanded in the present case from the Nayagaon Police Station Case No. 139 of 2025. Nothing has been recovered from

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.67936 of 2025(2) dt.10-10-2025 2/2 the conscious possession of the petitioner. The co-accused person has already been granted regular bail by this court vide order dated 25.06.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 40360/2025. The petitioner has six criminal antecedents as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 23.08.2025.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Saran at Chapra in connection with Nayagaon P.S. Case No. 79 of 2025 with the condition :- (i) The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Gautam/- U T