Patna High CourtCR. MISC./4635/2026bail granted

Mantosh Kumar @ Mantosh Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

2026-01-28Mr. Justice R. P. Mishra2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4635 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-873 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Jamui ====================================================== Mantosh Kumar @ Mantosh Yadav S/O Dwarika Yadav R/O VillageBaribag, Police Station- Khaira, District- Jamui. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Pankaj Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Manoj Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 28-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with JAM (Jamui) P.S. Case No. 873 of 2025 instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 120 litres of illicit country-made liquor was recovered from motorcycle.

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. The apprehended person disclosed the name of the petitioner. Learned counsel further submitted that the name of the petitioner has transpired in this case merely as being the owner of the vehicle in question and he had no

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4635 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 2/2 knowledge regarding the goods loaded in the vehicle. The petitioner is in custody since 11.12.2025 and has three 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 JAM (Jamui) P.S. Case No. 873 of 2025, subject to the following conditions: (I) One of the bailors shall be own/close member of the family of the petitioner.

(II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed at the trial. In case of default in such appearance on two consecutive dates, the Trial Court will have liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) atul/- U T