Raja Ray @ Raja Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.64221 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-138 Year-2025 Thana- SARAI RANJAN District- Samastipur ====================================================== Raja Ray @ Raja Kumar Son of Shital Ray Resident of Vajitpur Meyari, Bazidpur Meari, Bajitpur Meyari, P.S.- Sarai Ranjan, Samastipur, Bihar - 848114 ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Keshav Bhardwaj, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Anil Kumar, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 23-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, 48 litres of illicit liquor kept hidden in the banana plant was recovered from the poultry farm of the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Further submission is that the petitioner is not sole owner of the poultry farm rather the same is run in partnership and several persons including the staff members have worked there. The banana tree is not located inside the poultry farm. Petitioner has no concern with the seized illicit liquor. Nothing has been

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.64221 of 2025(2) dt.23-09-2025 2/2 recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. There is no independent witness on the seizure list. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and trial.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court concerned in connection with Sarairanjan P.S. Case No. 138 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) utkarsh/- U T