Mukesh Mahto @ Mukesh Kumar @ Benga v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.895 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-274 Year-2024 Thana- PANDARAK District- Patna ====================================================== Mukesh Mahto @ Mukesh Kumar @ Benga S/O Shivnandan Mahto @ Dhori Mahto R/O Village- Manjhla Bigha, P.S- Pandarak, Distt.- Patna. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Bhim Sen Prasad , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Mithlesh Kumar Khare, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State .
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30 (a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016 .
3 . It is alleged that 5 liters of country made liquor was recovered from an open place .
4. It is submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case only on the basis of suspicion . No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and he is no way connected with the aforesaid recovery . Petitioner has got no criminal antecedent of similar nature .
5 . Learned counsel for the State opposes the bail
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.895 of 2025(2) dt.10-02-2025 2/2 petition .
6. Considering the facts of the case , in the event of arrest/surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioner, above named, 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 Exclusive Special Judge Court Excise , Barh Patna in connection with Pandarak Police Station Case No. 274 of 2024 , subject to the conditions laid down under section 482 ( 2 ) of BNSS 2023 . (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T