Monu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.33276 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-84 Year-2025 Thana- EXCISE SHERGHATI District- Gaya ====================================================== Monu Kumar S/O- Dhananjay Kumar @ Dhananjay Prasad R/O VillageGhaghar, P.S.- Sheghati, Distt.- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Vijay Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Arun Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH ORAL ORDER 26-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Excise Sherghati P. S. Case No. 84 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 32(c) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. It is a case of recovery of 10.5 litres of foreign liquor of different brand from the alleged motorcycle, driven by the petitioner, which is the subject matter of the present case.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is quite innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. He has no concern with the alleged recovery or with the place of occurrence. After completion of investigation

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.33276 of 2025(2) dt.26-05-2025 2/2 charge-sheet has been submitted in this case. He further submits that petitioner has clean antecedent and he is in custody from 11.03.2025 in the present case.

5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6. Keeping in view the aforesaid facts and considering the period of custody, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail after framing of charge on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court - III, Gaya in connection with Excise Sherghati P. S. Case No. 84 of 2025 subject to the following conditions :- (i) Petitioner will remain physically present in trial on each and every date till the disposal of the case failing which, on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner may be cancelled by the Trial Court. (ii) One of the bailor shall be his family member. (S. B. Pd. Singh, J) prabhakar/- U T