Mojahid @ Mohammad Mojahid v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28510 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-14 Year-2024 Thana- GHURNA District- Araria ====================================================== Mojahid @ Mohammad Mojahid S/o Azim @ Mohammad Azim Resident of village - Pathraha ward no. 17, P.S - Ghurna, District - Araria ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Rana For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Dr. Indiwar Kumari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 24-04-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State Dr. Indiwar Kumari, who argued virtually.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 (Amended), 2022.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 75 litres of liquor from a maize field. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner and is accessible to villagers at large and he came to be implicated at the instance of local person but then the name of the person who disclosed the name of the petitioner is not
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28510 of 2026(2) dt.24-04-2026 2/2 disclosed in the FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution. It is next submitted that petitioner is in custody since 14.03.2026. It is also submitted that if privilege of bail is granted to the petitioner, the petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the trial to prove his innocence.
4. Learned A.P.P. opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
5. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5000/- (Rupees five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Ghurna P.S. Case No.14/2024.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T