Niraj Kumar @ Niraj JhaversusThe State of Bihar

                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                             CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37848 of 2026
                   Arising Out of PS. Case No.-48 Year-2026 Thana- CHACKMEHSI District- Samastipur
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                 Niraj Kumar @ Niraj Jha, son of Sri Ramesh Chandra Jha, resident of village-
                 Sormar, Ward No.12, P.S.- Chakmeshi, District- Samastipur.

                                                                                   ... ... Petitioner
                                                      Versus
                 The State of Bihar
                                                          ... ... Opposite Party
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner     :        Mr. Niraj Lochan Jha, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party :        Mr. Tarkeshwar Nath Thakur, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   16-06-2026                   Heard the parties.

                                  2.        The petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in

                   connection with Chakmeshi P.S. Case No.48 of 2026 registered

                   for the offence under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and

                   Excise Act.

                                  3.        About six liters of illicit liquor has been

                   recovered from the house of the petitioner, who escaped from

                   his house while the police party reached there.

                                  4.        The petitioner claims clean antecedent.

                                  5.        Learned counsel for the petitioner submits

                   that the petitioner is not involved in the crime but the co-

                   accused Anand Kumar Jha, who was caught on the spot is

                   involved in the said crime.

                                  6.        Learned counsel for the petitioner further
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          submits that the petitioner is ready to donate Rs.25,000/- in

          some charitable organization without accepting his guilt.

                          7.      Learned APP appearing for the State opposes

          the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

                          8.      Considering the facts and circumstances of

          the case and also the submission of learned counsel for the

          petitioner, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his

          arrest/surrender within six weeks from today in the Court below,

          be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten

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

          satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, Excise Court No.01,

          Samastipur / concerned Court below, in connection with

          Chakmeshi P.S. Case No.48 of 2026, subject to the conditions as

          laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal

          Procedure.

                          9.      This is also subject to the condition that the

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

          Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Swami Vivekananda Path,

          Bela, Muzaffarpur and produce the receipt of the same before

          the Court below at the time of furnishing bail bonds. The bail

          bonds of the petitioner shall only be accepted after verifying the

          genuineness of the receipt produced by him.
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                                      10.     Further, at the time of accepting the bail

                      bonds of the petitioner, the Court below shall verify 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.

                                      11.     The petitioner shall also mark his attendance

                      at Chakmeshi Police Station, District- Samastipur on first and

                      third Sunday of the month. Any default in appearance at the

                      Police Station would result in cancellation of bail bonds of the

                      petitioner.

                                      12.     It is, however, clarified that the observations

                      made herein are limited to the adjudication of the present bail

                      application and shall not prejudice the case of the petitioner at

                      any subsequent stage of the trial and this Court has not

                      expressed any opinion on the merits of the case.



                                                              (Sandeep Kumar, J)

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