Bhola Sahani v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36216 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-83 Year-2025 Thana- GALGALIYA District- Kishanganj ====================================================== Bhola Sahani S/o Ram Prit Sahani @ Ram Preet Sahani R/o Village - Makdumpur Kodariya, P.S. - Karja, District - Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Shaheen Begum, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 02-06-2026 The Court proceeding is being conducted through virtual mode.
2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
3. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Galgalia P.S. Case No. 83 of 2025 lodged on 16.09.2025, for the offence punishable under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
4. As per the prosecution, FIR has been lodged against one named accused person and owner of a vehicle. Total recovery of 326.160 litres of illicit liquor has been made, which
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5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Counsel submits that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and the alleged recovery has been made from a vehicle. Counsel further submits that the name of the petitioner has come in this case only due to the reason that he is the owner of the seized vehicle. He further submits that the petitioner has clean antecedent.
6. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
7. In the present facts and circumstances of this case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, subject to payment of Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh) before the concerned Excise Court which shall be outcome of the present case, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of 4 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand) as mentioned in Section 2(1)(d) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 to the satisfaction of Exclusive Special Judge Excise-I, Kishanganj, in connection with Galgalia P.S. Case No. 83 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down U/s 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.
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8. It is needless to say that the said amount of Rs. 1 lakh shall be adjusted in the confiscation of the vehicle in question.
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