Banti Singh @ Kishor Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.81210 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-244 Year-2024 Thana- KASBA District- Purnia ====================================================== Banti Singh @ Kishor Kumar S/o Shahjanand Mehta @ Sachidanand Singh Resident of Village- Ramnagar Politekanik, P.S.- Maranga, District- Purnea ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajnish Kumar Singh, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nityanand, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 21-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Kasba P.S. Case No. 244 of 2024, instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 45 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 208.560 liters of illicit foreign liquor was recovered from Scorpio.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. It is submitted

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81210 of 2025(2) dt.21-11-2025 2/2 that petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the seized vehicle. It is also submitted that petitioner is not apprehended on spot. The petitioner is in custody since 08.09.2025 and has got four criminal antecedents. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that other co-accused has been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 16.12.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 85075 of 2024. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarik 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 and 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 Kasba P.S. Case No. 244 of 2024.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) krishnakant/- U T