Pushpranjan Kumar @ Pushpa Ranjan Kumar @ Rakesh Kumar @ Rakesh Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68880 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-184 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Bhojpur ====================================================== 1.

Pushpranjan Kumar @ Pushpa Ranjan Kumar @ Rakesh Kumar @ Rakesh Rai Son of Kamal Ray Resident Of Village- Khushrupur Gannichak Ps -Khushrupur Dist -Patna 2.

Rakesh Paswan son of Sitaram Paswan Resident Of Village- Gayashpur, PsSalimpur, Dist- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Alka Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Veena Kumari Jaiswal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 09-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. Petitioners seek regular bail in a case registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. There is recovery of 207.360 litres illicit liquor from a car. The apprehended accused persons sitting in the seized car are alleged to be the driver and co-driver.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in this case due to dirty village politics. Petitioners are neither drivers nor owners of the vehicle in question. They had no knowledge with respect to keeping of of seized liquor. Nothing has been

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68880 of 2025(3) dt.09-10-2025 2/2 recovered from conscious possession of the petitioners. Petitioners have no concern with the seized liquor. There is no independent witness of the seizure list. Petitioner no.1 has one criminal antecedent which is not of Excise Act and petitioner no.2 has clean antecedent. Petitioners are in jail since 03.08.2025 and they undertake to cooperate in the investigation and trial.

5. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioners.

6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of the parties and period of custody, let the above named petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Bhojpur, Ara in connection with Excise Ara P.S. Case No.184 of 2025.

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