Ram Pravesh @ Vikranta v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68386 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-180 Year-2024 Thana- LAUKAHI District- Madhubani ====================================================== Ram Pravesh @ Vikranta, S/o Mahendra Paswan @ Mahindra Paswan R/o Vill.- Kariyaut, P.S - Laukahi, District - Madhubani. ... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Arvind Kumar, Advocate For the Stater :
Mr. Sanjay Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER 08-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The present petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioner, apprehending his arrest, in connection with Laukahi PS. Case No.180 of 2024, dated.08.10.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 274, 275, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.
3. As per allegation, two persons were going on motorcycle with illicit liquor and seeing the police one of the motorcyclists fled away but the other one got apprehended on the spot and 207 liter of illicit liquor has been recovered from both the motorcycles.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68386 of 2025(2) dt.08-10-2025 2/3 Petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. He further submits that the Petitioner is neither owner of the motorcycle nor he was driving and he has nothing to do with the alleged recovery of liquor and his name has transpired in the confessional statement of the co-accused before the police which has no evidentiary value, and hence, no prima facie case is made out against the Petitioner.
5. It is also stated in paragraph no. 2 of the bail petition that the petitioner has not moved this Court earlier either for anticipatory bail or regular one in the instant case.
6. It has further been stated in paragraph no.3 of the petition that the petitioner has been made accused in three other cases.
7. However, learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer of the Petitioner for bail.
8. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed, directing the petitioner, above-named, to be enlarged on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on his furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000 /- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68386 of 2025(2) dt.08-10-2025 3/3 satisfaction of learned concerned Court below, in connection with Laukahi PS. Case No.180 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 and on the following conditions:
(i) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that the petitioner has criminal antecedents other than the disclosed one, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner after hearing him and getting satisfied that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedents despite his knowledge of the same.
(ii) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that statement regarding previous bail petition is wrong, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. (Jitendra Kumar, J.) Chandan/- U T