Vishwanath Ray v. The State of Bihar

====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : For the Opposite Party/s : ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA Mr. Vibhuti Kumar Ms. Veena Kumari Jaiswal ORAL ORDER 2 30-01-2026

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2022.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 947.475 litres of liquor from two places out of which 935.475 litres is alleged to have been recovered from the house of Sarvesh and 12 litres of liquor from shop of Sarvesh. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and being father of Sarvesh came to be implicated in a mechanical manner when he s a person with clean antecedent. It Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6201 of 2026(2) dt.30-01-2026 is also submitted that Sarvesh was made to confess the name of the petitioner in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value and the petitioner is in custody since

31.12.2025.

Learned A.P.P. opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Minapur P.S. Case No.438/2025. amit/- U T (Satyavrat Verma, J)