Shashi Kant Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21116 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-68 Year-2025 Thana- EXCISE SHERGHATI District- Gaya ====================================================== Shashi Kant Kumar S/O Heera Yadav Resident of Village- Kachauri, P.S.- Sherghati, District- Gaya (Bihar), ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Gajendra Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Anuj Kumar Shrivastava ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-04-2025 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 Excise (Sherghatti) P.S. Case No. 68/2025 dated 01.03.2025 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) and 32(3) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, total 66 litres of illicit beer was recovered from the motorcycle and a mobile phone was recovered from the possession of the petitioner.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21116 of 2025(2) dt.19-04-2025 2/2 possession of the petitioner. As per para. 8 of the bail petition, the motorcycle does not belong to the petitioner. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged recovery. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 01.03.2025.
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, Gaya in connection with Excise (Sherghatti) P.S. Case No. 68/2025.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) atul/- U T