Prabhat Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23226 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-19 Year-2025 Thana- JAYNAGAR District- Madhubani ====================================================== Prabhat Yadav, aged about 36 years, male, son of Late Mahadeo Yadav, resident of village- Laxmipur, P.S.- Kaluahi, District- Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ravi Prakash, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Arun Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 23-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Jaynagar PS Case No.19 of 2025 dated 21.01.2025, instituted for the offence punishable under Sections 178, 179, 180, 318(4), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the informant, who is the personnel of Seema Suraksha Bal, got information from reliable source that a person, namely, Prabhat Yadav, who deals with counterfeit currency, is expected to come near Registry Office. On such information, he along with other personnel started keeping watch on the person(s) coming there and apprehended the petitioner from whose possession fifty three thousand counterfeit Nepali currency, twenty three thousand three hundred counterfeit Indian currency and two

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23226 of 2025(3) dt.23-07-2025 2/2 thousand two hundred original Indian currency were recovered from his possession.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the resident of Laxmipur village under Kaluahi Police Station which is situated near Nepal boarder and Nepali currency is also used in India. Further submission is that the petitioner has not cheated any person and nobody has levelled any allegation against the petitioner for giving counterfeit currency. It is also submitted that the police did not follow Section 103 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioner is in custody since 22.01.2025 having no criminal antecedents and charge-sheet has been submitted in the case.

5. Learned APP has opposed the prayer for bail.

6. Considering the recovery of huge quantity of counterfeit currency from the petitioner, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail at this stage.

7. Accordingly, prayer of the petitioner for bail is rejected.

8. The application stands dismissed.

(Khatim Reza, J) J. Alam/- U T