Patna High CourtCR. MISC./4065/2026bail granted

Tilak Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

2026-01-27Mr. Justice R. P. Mishra2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4065 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-443 Year-2025 Thana- MANJHI District- Saran ====================================================== Tilak Chaudhary S/o Late Ram Babu Chaudhary R/o Village- Fatehpur Saraiya, P.S- Manjhi, Dist- Saran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Renu Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 27-01-2026 Heard Mr. Sanjay Kumar Jha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. Renu Kumari, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Manjhi P.S. Case No. 443 of 2025 instituted for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 10 litres of liquor has been recovered from the bushes near the house of the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner rather the recovery has been made outside the house of the petitioner which is an open place and

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4065 of 2026(2) dt.27-01-2026 2/2 the same is accessible to public at large. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. The petitioner is in custody since 21.12.2025 and has two criminal antecedents. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as also the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- ( Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Manjhi P.S. Case No. 443 of 2025.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T