Patna High CourtCR. MISC./9905/2025bail granted

Jeet Narayan Jha @ Jeetu v. The State Of Bihar

2025-03-20Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9905 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-451 Year-2024 Thana- KOILWAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Jeet Narayan Jha @ Jeetu Son of Jai Ram Jha Resident of Village - Shivnandanpur, P.S. - Kalyanpur, District - Samastipur (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Pankaj Kumar Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-03-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Koilwar P.S. Case No. 451 of 2024 dated 15.11.2024 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 672 litres of illicit foreign liquor was recovered from the Pick-up van.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is not the owner of the said vehicle. The petitioner is only the driver of the said vehicle and he has no concern with the alleged recovery. Nothing has been recovered

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9905 of 2025(2) dt.20-03-2025 2/2 from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The co-accused person has already been granted regular bail by this court vide order dated 03.03.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 6280 of 2025. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 16.11.2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Koilwar P.S. Case No. 451 of 2024.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Gautam/- U T