Ramesh Ray vs The State Of Bihar on 3 June, 2025

Patna High Court – Orders

Ramesh Ray vs The State Of Bihar on 3 June, 2025

Author: Anshuman

Bench: Anshuman

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34488 of 2025
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-67 Year-2025 Thana- DARPA District- East Champaran
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                 Ramesh Ray son of Shivshankar Ray Resident of village - Narkatiya, Ps-
                 Darpa, dist- East Champaran
                                                                        ... ... Petitioner/s
                                               Versus
                 The State of Bihar
                                                                 ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :        Mr.Abhishek Kumar, Adv.
                 For the Opposite Party/s :        Mr.Rajendra Singh, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   03-06-2025

Heard Learned Counsel for the petitioner and

Learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The present Criminal Miscellaneous application has

been filed under Sections 483 and 484 of the Bharatiya Nagarik

Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “the BNSS”)

for seeking regular bail in connection with Darpa P.S. Case

No.67 of 2025 lodged on 26.03.2025 under Sections 274, 275

and 3(5) of the BNS read with sections 30(a) and 30(C) of the

Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution, the total recovery of 120

litres of countery-made liquor have been alleged to be made

from the bank of a river, which is the subject matter of the

present case.

4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the

petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Counsel

also submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the

present case. He further submits that nothing has been recovered
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from conscious possession of the petitioner. He further submits

that petitioner’s name has figured in this case at the instance of

police when petitioner started fleeing away from the place of

recovery.

5. Learned Counsel further submits that petitioner is

in custody since 26.03.2025 having clean antecedent.

6. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer

for bail and submits that the petitioner’s antecedent is clean.

7. In the present facts and circumstances of this case

and the submissions made above, let the petitioner above

named, be granted bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.30,000/-

(Rupees Thirty thousand) as mentioned in Section 2(1) (d) of

the BNSS, 2023 to the satisfaction of Exclusive Special Excise

Court No.02, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with

Darpa P.S. Case No.67 of 2025, subject to the following

conditions as laid down under Section 480(3) of the Bharatiya

Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Dr. Anshuman, J.)
Prakashmani/-

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