Vijay KumarversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23650 of 2026
                   Arising Out of PS. Case No.-61 Year-2026 Thana- EXCISE SIMRAHI District- Supaul
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                 Vijay Kumar S/o Guneshwar Yadav R/o Village - Mahua, Ward No.03, P.S.-
                 Nirmali, District - Supaul

                                                                                  ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Md Shadab Alam Wazdi, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr.Harendra Prasad, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   15-04-2026                  Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   APP for the State.

                                2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with

                   Excise Simrahi P.S. Case No. 61 of 2026 registered for the

                   offence under Sections 30(a), 32(3), 41(1), 41(2) of the Bihar

                   Prohibition & Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.

                                3. The recovery is of 342 litres of illicit Nepali

                   country liquor from a poultry farm.

                                4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

                   petitioner is innocent and has no criminal antecedent. He further

                   submits that the petitioner is in custody since 14.02.2026

                   without any fault.

                                5. Learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that

                   the petitioner is ready to donate Rs.25,000/- in some charitable
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          organization without accepting his guilt.

                        6. Learned APP appearing for the State opposes the

          prayer of the petitioner for grant of bail.

                       7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case

          as well as the submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner,

          this application is allowed.

                       8. Let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail

          upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten

          Thousand Only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the

          satisfaction of learned Special Exclusive Excise Court-II,

          Supaul/ concerned Court below, in connection with                 Excise

          Simrahi P.S. Case No. 61 of 2026.

                       9. At the time of accepting the bail bonds of the

          petitioner, the Court below shall the statement of the petitioner

          that he has clean antecedent. The bail bonds of the petitioner

          shall only be accepted if it is found that he has clean antecedent.

                       10. This is also subject to the condition that the

          petitioner     shall    deposit      an    amount    of   Rs.25,000/-   in

          Ramakrishna Math, Bhatta Bazar, Purnea, Bihar and produce

          the receipt of the same before the Court below. The bail bonds

          of the petitioner shall be accepted after verifying the

          genuineness of the receipt produced by the petitioner.
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                                     11. As a condition of this order, the petitioner after

                        being released on bail, is directed to mark his attendance at

                        Nirmali Police Station, District- Supaul on every Sunday of the

                        month. Any default in appearance at the Police Station will

                        result in cancellation of bail bonds of the petitioner.



                                                   (Sandeep Kumar, J)
tusharika/-

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