Raja Kumar @ Raja Kumar Paswan v. The State of Bihar
Case at a glance
- Bench
- KHATIM REZA
Outcome
Bail granted
the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of
Provisions considered
- Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022 ss. 30(a), 41
Key paragraphs
- Para 77. The application stands allowed. shyambihari/- U (Khatim Reza, J)
Judgment
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : For the Opposite Party/s : ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA Mr.Amrit Abhijat, Advocate Mr.Suman Kumari Singh, APP ORAL ORDER 2 17-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
The petitioner seeks regular bail in Balwahat P.S. Case No. 185 of 2025 dated 21-12-2025, registered under Sections 30(a) and 41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022.
The allegation is of recovery of 2816.34 litres of illicit foreign liquor from Hyva truck bearing registration number JH02AT 8145. It is further alleged that three persons were apprehended when they tried to flee away.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that the petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the said Hyva truck and only on the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11408 of 2026(2) dt.17-02-2026 basis of suspicion, the petitioner has been arrested and made an accused in this case. As a matter of fact, the petitioner is a passerby. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioner has been in judicial custody since 21-12-2025 and has one criminal case pending against him in which he is on bail.
Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has opposed the prayer.
Operative part
Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special (Excise), Judge-1, Saharsa, in connection with Balwahat P.S. Case No. 185 of 2025.
The application stands allowed. shyambihari/- U (Khatim Reza, J)
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022 — ss. 30(a), 41.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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