Santosh Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 41413 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-105 Year-2026 Thana- Nawalpur District- West Champaran ====================================================== Santosh Yadav S/o Shambhu Yadav R/o Village - Dudhiyawa, P.S - Nawalpur, District - West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sharad Kumar Verma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ramesh Chandra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per prosecution case, total 11.620 litres illicit of liquor was recovered from the motorcycle.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner is neither the owner the nor the driver. Petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery and he has been made accused in this case merely on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused who was apprehended on the spot. Petitioner has got two criminal antecedents none of them similar in nature in which he is on
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 41413 of 2026(2) dt.07-07-2026 2/2 bail.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the bail application.
6. Considering nature of accusation, 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 learned Special Judge Excise, Court No.-II, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Nawalpur P. S. Case No. 105 of 2026, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
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