Srikant Rai @ Sri Kant Rai v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68270 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-477 Year-2022 Thana- JAKKANPUR District- Patna ====================================================== 1.
Srikant Rai @ Sri Kant Rai (M), aged about 65 years, S/O Parikshan Rai 2.
Mohit Kumar @ Bhonda (M), aged about 26 years, son of Srikant Rai @ Sri Kant Rai Both are resident of Chandpur Bela, P.S.- Jakkanpur, District- Patna. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Achintya Anand, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Raj Kishor Singh, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-10-2025 Heard Mr. Achintya Anand, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Mr. Raj Kishor Singh, learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners seek pre-arrest bail in connection with Jakkanpur P.S. Case No. 477 of 2022 registered for the offence punishable under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act as amended up-to-date.
3. Allegation is of recovery of 25 litres of countrymade liquor and 3.315 litres of Indian Made Foreign Liquor from outside the cattle-shed of petitioner no. 1, namely, Srikant Rai.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68270 of 2025(2) dt.07-10-2025 2/3 petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the present case. Petitioners have no concern with the alleged seized liquor nor they are involved in trade of liquor in any manner. The recovery was made from outside the cattleshed of petitioner no. 1, namely, Srikant Rai, which is an open place and easily accessible to anyone. On these grounds, petitioners seek to be released on pre-arrest bail.
5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioners.
6. Considering the fact that the recovery of 25 litres of country-made liquor and 3.315 litres of Indian Made Foreign Liquor was made from outside the cattle-shed of petitioner no. 1, namely, Srikant Rai, which is an open place and easily accessible to any one, the petitioners, above named, are directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned District Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned District Court where the case is pending, in connection with Jakkanpur P.S. Case No. 477 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
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7. The learned District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioners as stated in paragraph no. 3 of the bail application. If any other case is pending against the petitioners as what has been stated in paragraph no. 3, this order will lose its force automatically.
8. The present bail application is disposed of. (Purnendu Singh, J) Niraj/- U T