Pradeep Yadav @ Pradeep Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14995 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-132 Year-2024 Thana- JADIA District- Supaul ====================================================== Pradeep Yadav @ Pradeep Kumar S/O Barahamdev Yadav @ Brahmdev Yadav R/O Village- Jadiya, Ward No. 2, P.S.- Jadiya, Dist.- Supaul ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sanjeev Ranjan, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Dilip Kumar No.1, APP.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 05-03-2025 Heard Mr. Sanjeev Ranjan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Dilip Kumar No.1, learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.
3. Altogether 132.345 litres of Indian made foreign liquor has been recovered from the straw house of the petitioner.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner or from his house. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor or
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14995 of 2025(2) dt.05-03-2025 2/3 the place of recovery. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is totally false and based on concocted facts. The illicit liquor is alleged to have been recovered from a straw house, which does not belong to the petitioner as no details of land has been mentioned to establish the identity of the owner with reference to the land in question. His name has been transpired in the present case merely on the basis of secret information. Learned counsel further submits that petitioner has been languishing in custody since 10.02.2025. He has four criminal antecedents as mentioned in para 3 of the bail application.
5. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees Ten Thousand) in the account of Lawyer's Association Welfare Benevolent Fund, Patna, bearing Account No.7801893276, IFSC Code: IDIB000L501, Indian Bank, LNMI Branch, Bailey Road, Patna.
6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below, where the case is pending/Successor court, in connection with Jadiya P.S. Case
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14995 of 2025(2) dt.05-03-2025 3/3 No.132 of 2024, subject to the following conditions: (i) That one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner.
(ii) The bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of bail on the ground of misuse.
7. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of the aforesaid amount in the Lawyer's Association Welfare Benevolent Fund, Patna.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) divyanshi/- U T