Sonu Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17055 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-604 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Siwan ====================================================== Sonu Yadav S/O Dayanand Yadav Resident of House No. 304, Shri Ram Enclave, Ghaziabag, P.S. and District Ghaziabag, Uttar Pradesh 201002 ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Bijay Prakash Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Damodar Prasad Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 13-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Siwan Excise P.S. Case No. 604 of 2025 instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 32(3) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 233.280 litres of liquor was recovered from car.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case.It is further submitted that the name of the petitioner has transpired as being the owner of the vehicle in question and has no knowledge regarding the goods loaded in the vehicle. Petitioner
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17055 of 2026(2) dt.13-03-2026 2/2 has no concern with the alleged recovery. Learned counsel, therefore, submitted that prima-facie, no case is made out against the petitioner. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. 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, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the lower court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory 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 Siwan Excise P.S. Case No. 604 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T