Vinod Yadav @ Vinod Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27170 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-14 Year-2026 Thana- DAWATH District- Rohtas ====================================================== Vinod Yadav @ Vinod Kumar S/o Mahendra Singh R/o Chak Chatar, P.O. - Koath, P.s. - Dawath, District - Rohtas.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sabal Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Sucheta Yadav, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 22-04-2026 Heard Mr. Sabal Kumar Jha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms. Sucheta Yadav, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks bail who is in custody since 03.03.2026 in connection with Dawath P.S. Case No. 14 of 2026, F.I.R. dated 15.01.2026 for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018.

3. Recovery is of 267.84 liters of illegal country made foreign liquor.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in the present case. He further submits that it appears from the F.I.R. as well as seizure list that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner rather the recovery has

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27170 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 2/3 been made from a field of village Chak Chatar and the petitioner has been made accused on the basis of disclosure made by local chowkidar and except the disclosure made by local chowkidar, no other cogent material has come during investigation which suggest the involvement of the petitioner in the present occurrence and the petitioner is in custody since 03.03.2026.

5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that petitioner carries ten criminal antecedents other than the present one of similar nature but fairly submits on the basis of paragraph-3 of the bail application that the petitioner is on bail in the pending matters.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Judge Excise Court No.1, Rohtas, Sasaram in connection with Dawath P.S. Case No. 14 of 2026, subject to the following conditions:- i. Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the court and shall remain physically present as directed by the court and

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27170 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 3/3 on his absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below. ii. If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.

iii. And further condition that the court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.

(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) Suruchi/- U T