Police Mahto v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41797 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-178 Year-2025 Thana- SONEPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Police Mahto S/o Madan Mahto Village- Chitarsenpur, Police StationSonpur, District- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sachida Nand Rai , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ramchandra Sahni , APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State .
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act 2022 . 3 . As per the prosecution case , total 35 liters country made liquor was recovered from bush behind the house of petitioner.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of petitioner and he has been made accused only on the basis of suspicion . Petitioner claims clean antecedent.
5 . Learned counsel for the State opposed the bail
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41797 of 2025(2) dt.02-07-2025 2/2 petition .
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case , this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive special Excise Judge Saran at Chapra in connection with Sonpur ( Sonepur ) P. S. Case No. 178 of 2025 , subject to the conditions laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 .
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T