Ajay Yadav @ Vishvajeet Kumar Singh @ Vishwjeet Kumar Singh Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69506 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-540 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Kaimur (Bhabua) ====================================================== Ajay Yadav @ Vishvajeet Kumar Singh @ Vishwjeet Kumar Singh Yadav S/O Parashnath Yadav @ Yashwant Singh Resident of Village-Tejipur, P.SSaiyadraja, Distt.- Chandauli, U.P. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Aquaib Khan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shaheen Begum, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 25-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

02. In the present case, the petitioner seeks bail in connection with Kaimur (Bhabhua) Excise P.S. Case No. 540 of 2025 registered for the alleged offences Sections 30(a), 32(i), 32(iii), 41(1)(2) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act, 2016.

03. As per prosecution case, the car being driven by this petitioner was stopped and on search of the vehicle, recovery of 190.080 liters of India made foreign liquor was made.

04. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. The petitioner is the driver of the vehicle and has no

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69506 of 2025(2) dt.25-09-2025 2/3 concern with the illicit liquor seized from the car. The petitioner was having no knowledge about the liquor kept in the vehicle and he is not the owner of the said vehicle. The petitioner is having clean antecedent. The petitioner is in custody since 29.08.2025.

05. Learned APP for the State opposes the submission made on behalf of the petitioner.

06. Having regard to the facts and circumstances and submissions made on behalf of the parties and considering the period of custody of the petitioner and his clean antecedent, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Judge (Excise)-II, Kaimur at Bhabhua/court concerned in connection with Kaimur (Bhabhua) Excise P.S. Case No. 540 of 2025, subject to the conditions mentioned in Section 480(3) of BNSS and the following conditions: (i) One of the bailors will be the deponent of the present petition, namely Rinku Yadav W/oVishwajeet Kumar Singh Yadav. (ii) The petitioner will remain present on each and every date fixed by the court below.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69506 of 2025(2) dt.25-09-2025 3/3 (iii) In case of absence on three consecutive dates or in violation of the terms of the bail, the bail bond of the petitioner will be liable to be cancelled by the court concerned.

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