Arvind Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.78177 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-568 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Kaimur (Bhabua) ====================================================== Arvind Kumar S/o Dablu Chaudhary @ Dablu Kewat R/o Village- Keshoipur, P.S- Durgawati, Dist- Kaimur, Bhabhua ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Bishweshwar Ram, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 19-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Prohibition & Excise Bhabhua P.S. Case No. 568 of 2025, instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 32(I) & (III), 41(I) & (II) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 169 liters of foreign liquor was recovered from car.

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.78177 of 2025(2) dt.19-11-2025 2/2 that petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the seized car. It is further submitted that petitioner is sitting as a passenger in the seized vehicle and he has no knowledge regarding the nature of goods kept in the vehicle. The petitioner is in custody since 11.09.2025 and has got one criminal antecedent. 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 Prohibition & Excise Bhabhua P.S. Case No. 568 of 2025.

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