Dungra Ram @ Durga Ram v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.78657 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1250 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Patna ====================================================== Dungra Ram @ Durga Ram S/O Chura Ram @ Chuna Ram R/O VillageDurganiyo Ka Tola Lunala, P.S- Baytu, Dist.- Badmer (Rajasthan). ... ... 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 pick-up 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
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.78657 of 2025(2) dt.20-11-2025 2/3 possession of the petitioner. Learned counsel further submitted that petitioner is not the owner of the vehicle. It is further 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 no 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, subject to the following conditions: (I) One of the bailors shall be own/close member of the family of the petitioner.
(II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed at the trial. In case of default in such appearance on two consecutive dates, the Trial Court will have liberty to cancel the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.78657 of 2025(2) dt.20-11-2025 3/3 bail bonds of the petitioner.
(III) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T