Lalu Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14099 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-40 Year-2024 Thana- TARARI District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Lalu Yadav Son of Serwish Yadav Resident of Vill- Sedahan, P.S.- Tarai, District- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Rajendra Nath Jha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 28-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Tarari P.S. Case No. 40 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3.

The prosecution case, in short, is that 60 litres of liquor was recovered from two motorcycles.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged against him and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner has no knowledge and concern with the alleged recovery. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. It is submitted that motorcycles in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14099 of 2025(2) dt.28-02-2025 2/2 question do not belong to the petitioner. It is further submitted that the name of the petitioner has transpired on the confessional statement of apprehended co-accused person. The petitioner has one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail. There is no compliance of Section 103 of B.N.S.S.

5.

On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner. 6.

Considering the rival submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Tarari P.S. Case No. 40 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Raj Ranjan/- U T