Gawari Shankar Mahto @ Gouri Mahato v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26825 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-435 Year-2025 Thana- BAIKUNTHPUR District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Gawari Shankar Mahto @ Gouri Mahato S/O Late Shivgovind Mahto R/O Village- Bandhwali, P.S- Baikunthpur, Distt.- Gopalganj. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Gyan Prakash, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Nirala, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 29-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per prosecution case, 10 litres illicit liquor was recovered from behind the house of this petitioner.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery and he has been made accused in this case merely on suspicion. Recovery has been made from an open place, accessible to one and all.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the bail application.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26825 of 2026(2) dt.29-04-2026 2/2
6. Considering the nature of accusation and place of recovery, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned District & Additional Sessions Judge-XIII cum Spl. Excise, Court No. I, Gopalganj in connection with Baikunthpur P. S. Case No. 435 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T