Nishu @ Nishu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74676 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-168 Year-2025 Thana- Ramgarh Chowk District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== Nishu @ Nishu Kumar W/o Prakash Chaudhari R/o Village- Kamtanagar, P.S.- Ramgarh Chowk, District- Lakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Kumar Pankaj, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Amitesh Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 03-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Ramgarh Chowk P.S. Case No. 168 of 2025 instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 12 litres of liquor has been recovered out of which 3 litres of illicit liquor has been recovered from the house of the petitioner.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner rather the recovery has been made
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74676 of 2025(2) dt.03-11-2025 2/2 from the joint house of the petitioner where other family members of the petitioner also reside. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. The petitioner is in custody since 10.09.2025 and has two criminal antecedents. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as also the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.
7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- ( Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Ramgarh Chowk P.S. Case No. 168 of 2025.
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T