Mukesh Nat v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4516 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-469 Year-2024 Thana- OBRA District- Aurangabad ====================================================== 1.
Mukesh Nat S/o- Santosh Nat Village- Nat Mohalla Ps- Obra DistAurangabad 2.
Monu Nat @ Piyush Kumar S/o- Manoj Nat Village- Nat Mohalla Ps- Obra Dist- Aurangabad ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Shailesh Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Sucheta Yadav ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 14-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. Altogether 40 litres of country made liquor has been recovered from the place of occurrence.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioners and from their house. Petitioners have no concern either with the seized liquor or place of recovery or any trade of liquor. The allegation
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4516 of 2025(2) dt.14-02-2025 2/3 levelled against the petitioners are not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. Petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case at the instance of his enemy. He has been made accused in the present case with a view to save the real culprit. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of this application.
5. Petitioners are agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.5,000.00 (Rupees Five Thousand) each in account of Lawyer's Association Welfare Benevolent Fund, bearing Account No. 7801893276, IFSC Code: IDIB000L501, Indian Bank, LNMI Branch, Bailey Road, Patna.
6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Obra Excise P.S. Case No. 469 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S., subject to the further conditions that
(1) One of the bailors will be their own blood relative,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4516 of 2025(2) dt.14-02-2025 3/3 preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or their wives.
(2) The petitioners shall not indulge themselves in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial.
7. The bail bond of the petitioners shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of the aforesaid amount in Lawyer's Association Welfare Benevolent Fund Patna.
8. However, the learned court below shall accept the bail bond of the petitioners after verifying the fact that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) devendra/- U T