Ramu Korariya @ Ramu Kuradiya v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.82306 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-179 Year-2025 Thana- Excise Dhamdaha District- Purnia ====================================================== Ramu Korariya @ Ramu Kuradiya Son of Late Kusum Lal Korariya @ Kusum Kuradiya Resident of village-Nitish Nagar Dhima ward no. 18, Ps -Banmankhi District -Purnea ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ram Prawesh Kumar, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Abhay Kumar Roy, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 02-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Dhamdaha Excise P.S. Case No. 179 of 2025, instituted for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 499.32 liters of foreign liquor was recovered from land in front of the house of the petitioner. Petitioner was arrested on spot.

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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82306 of 2025(2) dt.02-12-2025 2/2 no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the recovery is made from an open place, which is accessible to one and all. It is also submitted that petitioner's name has transpired only on the basis of suspicion. The petitioner is in custody since 05.11.2025 and has got clean 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, clean antecedent of the petitioner 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 Dhamdaha Excise P.S. Case No. 179 of 2025.

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