Shatrudhan Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6806 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-129 Year-2024 Thana- NAVINAGAR District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Shatrudhan Yadav S/o Ramvachan Yadav @ Ram Bachan Yadav @ Bachan Yadav R/o Village- Tetariya More, P.S.- Nabinagar, District- Aurangabad (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Aman Vishal, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Md. Aslam Ansari, APP.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 21-02-2025 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 offences punishable u/s 30(a), 30(c) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment)Act, 2018.
3. On search, 2000 litres of illicit soaked mahua, 115 litres of country made liquor and utensils used for manufacturing illicit liquor have been recovered from the bank of Sone river.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner or from his house. He has
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6806 of 2025(2) dt.21-02-2025 2/3 no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor or the place of recovery. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is totally false and based on concocted facts. His name has been transpired in the present case merely on suspicion. He has been languishing in custody since 18.11.2024. He has three criminal antecedents of similar nature of offence.
5. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees Ten Thousand) in the account of Lawyer's Association Welfare Benevolent Fund, Patna, 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 petitioner, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) 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 Nabinagar P.S. Case No.129 of 2024, subject to the following conditions: (i) That one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6806 of 2025(2) dt.21-02-2025 3/3 petitioner.
(ii) The bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of bail on the ground of misuse.
7. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of the aforesaid amount in the Lawyer's Association Welfare Benevolent Fund, Patna.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) divyanshi/- U T