Pankaj Nut v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9080 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-240 Year-2024 Thana- JALALPUR District- Saran ====================================================== 1.
Pankaj Nut 2.
Lalu Nut 3.
Ashok Nut All are son of Dinanath Nut, resident of village - Mangolapur, P.S. - Jalalpur, District - Saran at Chapra ... ... Petitioners
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Hemant Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Shailendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 06-03-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The accused/petitioners are named in the FIR and apprehending their arrest in connection with Jalalpur P.S. Case No.240 of 2024 registered under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. Allegation against the petitioners is to engage in illegal trade/manufacturing of illicit liquor, where there is recovery of total 35 liters of IMFL/country-made liquor from a hut (palani).
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4. It is submitted by learned counsel that the recovery of alleged illicit liquor was made from a hut, which belongs to the petitioners and easily accessible by general public. It is submitted that the hut (palani) in issue also occupied by several other family members and, therefore, a search was required as per provision of Section 103(4) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (in short 'B.N.S.S.'), which not appears to be followed and in view of same, entire search and seizure appears bad in eyes of law. While concluding argument, it is submitted that petitioner nos.1 and 2 have got one criminal antecedent, where they are on bail and petitioner no. 3 is a man of clean antecedent.
5. Learned APP opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioners.
6.
In view of aforesaid factual submissions and by taking note of fact as recovery of alleged illicit liquor prima facie not appears to be made from conscious physical possession of the petitioners, accordingly, the petitioners, abovenamed, are directed to be released on bail, in the
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(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.) Sanjeet/- U T