Patna High CourtCR. MISC./20036/2025bail granted

Manoj Kumar Sah @ Manoj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2025-04-16Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20036 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-29 Year-2025 Thana- EXCISE KATORIYA District- Banka ====================================================== 1.

Manoj Kumar Sah @ Manoj Kumar S/o- Ramandan Sah Village- Panchveer Bazar Ps- S.Kamal Dist- Begusarai 2.

Govind Kumar S/o- Premi Paswan Village- Panchveer Bazar Ps- S.Kamal Dist- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Braj Bhusan Poddar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Rabindra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners have preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Excise Kotoriya P.S. Case No. 29 of 2025 dated 14.02.2025 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 371.52 litres of illicit foreign liquor was recovered from the pick-up vehicle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. The name of the petitioners was

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20036 of 2025(2) dt.16-04-2025 2/2 transpired in this case merely on suspicion. The petitioners are the driver and the helper of the said vehicle but they have no knowledge about the aforesaid seized liquor. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. The petitioners have clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioners are in custody since 14.02.2025.

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

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioners above-named, are directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Banka in connection with Excise Katoriya P.S. Case No. 29 of 2025.

7. The application stands allowed.

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