Pappu Sahani @ Appu v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21371 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-142 Year-2025 Thana- BISFI District- Madhubani ====================================================== 1.

Pappu Sahani @ Appu S/o Tribeni Sahni R/o Village - Ghatbhatra, P.S - Bisfi, District - Madhubani 2.

Dhanik Lal Sahani @ Dhanil Lal Sahani @ Dhaniya Sahni @ Dhuniya Sahani @ Dhania S/o Sushil Sahani R/o Village - Ghatbhatra, P.S - Bisfi, District - Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ravi Prakash For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms.Asha Kumari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 18-04-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners seek bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 306 litres of liquor from a place near an orchard and a motorcycle was seized.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners were not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from their conscious possession and are not the owner of the seized vehicle and they came to be implicated at the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21371 of 2026(2) dt.18-04-2026 2/2 instance of Chaukidar with whom they are on an inimical term. It is further submitted that if Chaukidar was aware of the involvement of the petitioners in the occurrence, then why he did not inform the police prior to institution of the present F.I.R., which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution. It is also submitted that petitioners will not abscond rather will cooperate in the trial to prove their innocence and petitioners are in custody since 11.02.2026. It is also submitted that even alleged recovery is from a place, which does not belong to the petitioners.

5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners, above-named, are directed to be released on bail on their furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending in connection with Bisfi P. S. Case No. 142 of 2025.

7. The application stands allowed., (Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T