Ranjan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87291 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1117 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Aurangabad ====================================================== 1.

Ranjan Kumar S/o Rambachan Singh @ Rambachan Yadav Resident of Village - Mahendra Chak, P.S.- Daudnagar, District -Aurangabad, Pin - 824143 2.

Mithun Kumar @ Mathun Kumar S/o Late Budhan Yadav Resident of Village - Mahendra Chak, P.S.- Daudnagar, District -Aurangabad, Pin - 824143 ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 18-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners seek bail in connection with Aurangabad Excise P.S. Case No. 1117 of 2025, instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 32(3) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 105 liters liquor was recovered from motorcycle and the petitioners were arrested on spot.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating material has been recovered from

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87291 of 2025(2) dt.18-12-2025 2/2 the conscious possession of the petitioners. The petitioners have got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned counsel for the petitioners also submits that the petitioners are neither owner nor rider of the motorcycle in question. It is further submitted that the petitioners were arrested only on the basis of suspicion. The petitioners are in custody since 13.10.2025 and have got no 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 petitioners.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the period of custody undergone by the petitioners, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioners.

7. Let the petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Aurangabad Excise P.S. Case No. 1117 of 2025.

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