Bhajan Rai v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29856 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-3 Year-2025 Thana- MOHANPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== Bhajan Rai S/o Late Mahavir Rai R/o Vill.- Baghara, P.S.- Mohanpur, Distt.- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Bindeswari Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Sanjay Kumar Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 07-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in Mohanpur P.S. case No. 3 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 40 liters liquor was recovered from the house of the petitioner.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29856 of 2025(2) dt.07-05-2025 2/3 of liquor. It is further submitted that the name of the petitioner has transpired on the basis of disclosure made by local people. It is also submitted that recovery is made from the joint house of the petitioner where other family members also reside. The petitioner is in custody since 05.03.2025 and has got four criminal antecedents. There is no compliance of Section 103 of B.N.S.S., 2023.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.
7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Mohanpur P.S. case No. 3 of 2025, subject to the following conditions:
(I) One of the bailors shall be own/close member of the family of the petitioner.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29856 of 2025(2) dt.07-05-2025 3/3 (II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed at the trial. In case of default in such appearance on two consecutive dates, the Trial Court will have liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Pankaj/- U T