Rampravesh Saw v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.82312 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-302 Year-2025 Thana- Daudnagar Excise District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Rampravesh Saw S/O Karghani Saw R/O Village- Akauni, P.S.- Rafiganj, Distt.- Aurangabad ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ashok Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Kumar Ranjit Ranjan,APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-12-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Daudnagar (Excise) P.S. Case No.302/2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 32(3) of Bihar Excise Prohibition and Amendment Act.

3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, total 15 ltrs. country-made liquor recovered from a Motorcycle bearing bearing Registration No.BR26W 0824.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that petitioner is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in the present case. Admittedly, at the time of the alleged seizure and recovery of illicit liquor, petitioner was not present at the place of the occurrence and he has been made

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82312 of 2025(2) dt.10-12-2025 2/3 accused in this case, being the owner of the Motorcycle, in question, which had been given by the petitioner to his son-inlaw, namely Sri Ram Kumar. Petitioner has clean antecedent. Petitioner is the registered owner of the motorcycle and such information has been given in paragraph no.12 of the bail application.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner.

6. Having considered the rival submissions made on behalf of the parties, as well as, having perused the allegation made in the FIR, petitioner has clean antecedent and I am of the opinion that petitioner has, prima facie, made out a case to be released on pre-arrest bail.

7. The petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his/her arrest or surrender before the learned District Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, Excise II, Aurangabad in connection with Daudnagar (Excise) P.S.Case No.302 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82312 of 2025(2) dt.10-12-2025 3/3 8.The District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner is involved in some other cases as what has been stated in Para3 of the bail petition, this order will automatically lose its force.

9. The Superintendent of Police, Aurangabad is directed to send a report to the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, as to why, he has become inefficient in implementing prohibition within his jurisdiction and why not any action has been taken against the concerned SHO, from whose jurisdiction, huge quantity of illicit liquors were recovered. (Purnendu Singh, J) chn/- U T