Rakesh Jat v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.78945 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1250 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Patna ====================================================== Rakesh Jat S/o Narayan Lal Jat RO village- Modi, PS- Keronda, DistrictUdaypur Rajashthan ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Anirudh Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Gauri Shankar Gupta, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 20-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Patna Excise P.S. Case No. 1250 of 2025 instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 56(b), 32(3) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 906.840 litres of liquor was recovered from pickup vehicle.
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. Learned counsel further submitted that petitioner is not the owner of the vehicle. It is further
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.78945 of 2025(2) dt.20-11-2025 2/2 submitted that petitioner is the driver of the vehicle in question but he had no knowledge regarding the goods loaded in the vehicle. The petitioner is in custody since 06.08.2025 and has one criminal antecedent. 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 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 Patna Excise P.S. Case No. 1250 of 2025.
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T