Patna High CourtCR. MISC./87522/2025bail granted

Niraj Chaudhary @ Niranjan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2026-01-13Mr. Justice R. P. Mishra2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87522 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-479 Year-2025 Thana- DINARA District- Rohtas ====================================================== Niraj Chaudhary @ Niranjan Kumar S/o Shiv Mandir Singh @ Shiv Mandin Singh R/o Village- Karanj, P.O- Jigna, Karanj, P.S- Dinara, District- Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Abhay Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 13-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Dinara P.S. Case No. 479 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 108 litres of liquor was recovered from auto rickshaw.

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 in no manner connected with the vehicle in question or the alleged recovery of liquor. The petitioner is in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87522 of 2025(2) dt.13-01-2026 2/2 custody since 17.11.2025 and has two criminal antecedents. 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 as also 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 Dinara P.S. Case No. 479 of 2025.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T