Somnath Pradhan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34180 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-644 Year-2023 Thana- SUPAUL District- Supaul ====================================================== Somnath Pradhan S/o- Sudhir Pradhan Village- Kuliyang Ps- Guhiyapal DistSinghbhum Jharkhand ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Murari Narain Chaudhary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ajay Kumar No. 2, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 20-06-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

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The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Supaul PS Case No. 644 of 2023 instituted for the offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.

3.

The prosecution case, in short, is that total 261 litres of liquor was recovered from Magic vehicle. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. The name of the petitioner transpired in this case as being registered owner of the Magic vehicle. Learned counsel for the petitioner, therefore, contends that prima-facie no case is made

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34180 of 2025(2) dt.20-06-2025 2/2 out against the petitioner. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Other co-accused have been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 16-022024, passed in Cr. Misc. No. 6513 of 2024. 5.

Learned APP 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, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory 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 Supaul PS Case No. 644 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Raj Kishore/- U T