Jangali Ray @ Jagali Ray v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69619 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-226 Year-2025 Thana- BHAGWAN BAZAR District- Saran ====================================================== Jangali Ray @ Jagali Ray, S/O Yogendra Ray R/O Village- Makimpur, P.S.- Garkha, District- Saran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ravi Prakash, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Anil Kumar Singh No. 1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 13-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Bhagwan Bazar P.S. Case No. 226 of 2025, instituted for the offence under Sections 30(a) and 37 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. There is recovery of 161 litres of country made liquor from the Vikram Tempo bearing Registration No. BR04PA 0519 on which three persons were sitting. They were apprehended on the spot.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case being registered owner of the seized Tempo. He had given the Tempo on rent to one of the apprehended co-accused,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69619 of 2025(2) dt.13-10-2025 2/2 namely, Dhanesh Kumar Singh. Petitioner had no knowledge about the misdeed of co-accused. Nothing has been recovered either from conscious possession of the petitioner or from his house. Petitioner has no concern with the seized liquor. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent. He undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and trial.

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

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, above-named, be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Exclusive Special Court Excise Act-I, Saran at Chapra in connection with Bhagwan Bazar P.S. Case No. 226 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482 (2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.), 2023.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J.) rakhi/- U T