Ganesh Mahto v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24931 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-33 Year-2026 Thana- Patauna District- Madhubani ====================================================== 1.
Ganesh Mahto S/O Soman Mahto Resident of Village- Manirabad, P.S. Bisfi, District- Madhubani 2.
Sanjay Mahto @ Sanjay Kumar Mahto Son of Soman Mahto. Resident of Village- Manirabad, P.S. Bisfi, District- Madhubani 3.
Chhatiya Devi wife of Soman Mahto Resident of Village- Manirabad, P.S. Bisfi, District- Madhubani 4.
Manisha Devi wife of Ganesh Mahto. Resident of Village- Manirabad, P.S. Bisfi, District- Madhubani 5.
Meena Devi @ Bisfi Bali wife of Sanjay Mahto Resident of VillageManirabad, P.S. Bisfi, District- Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shailendra Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Akbar Ali, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 22-04-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. The petitioners have preferred this application for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending their arrest in connection with Patauna P.S. Case no. 33 of 2026 registered under sections 274, 275 and 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
3. As per the prosecution case, 65.175 litres of liquor was recovered from the bushes next to the house of the petitioners.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that no
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24931 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 2/2 incriminating article has been recovered from the petitioners' possession or from their premises and they have no concern with the seized articles. It is submitted that the petitioner no.1 has been falsely implicated in the case because of his antecedent. The remaining petitioners have no criminal antecedent.
5. The application for anticipatory bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the nature of allegations against the petitioners in the F.I.R., it is directed that all the five petitioners above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Patauna P.S. Case no. 33 of 2026 on each of them furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Judge, Excise Court, Madhubani.
(Partha Sarthy, J) Shiv/- U T