Dhanu Mahto @ Dhane Mahto @ Dhanjee Mahto v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4030 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-363 Year-2025 Thana- RIVILGANJ District- Saran ====================================================== Dhanu Mahto @ Dhane Mahto @ Dhanjee Mahto Son of Subedar Mahto R/o Jan Tola, P.S. - Rivilganj/ Revilganj/Ribilganj, Dist. - Saran at Chapra. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ajit Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 30-01-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of three cases, out of which one case is under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 50 litres of liquor from a place near the house of the petitioner. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner but then is adjacent to his house and he came to be implicated at the instance of local person but then it is submitted
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4030 of 2026(2) dt.30-01-2026 2/2 that once an accused is implicated in a case relating to excise, the police starts implicating mechanically either through chowkidar, local person, confessional statement or secret information without holding a proper investigation and the petitioner is in custody since 22.12.2025.
4. Learned A.P.P. opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
5. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Rivilganj P.S. Case No.363/2025.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T