Dharmendra Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42166 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-94 Year-2025 Thana- PIRO District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Dharmendra Yadav Son of Ramsurat Singh Resident of Village - Baluatola, Police Station - Piro, District - Bhojpur at Ara. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Manoj Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 01-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Piro P.S. Case No. 94 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 95 litres of illicit liquor has been recovered from the house of Jitendra Yadav whereas 492.780 litres of illicit foreign liquor along with 160 litres of illicit country-made liquor has been recovered from the house of Suresh Singh.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42166 of 2025(2) dt.01-07-2025 2/2 possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. The name of the petitioner is being dragged only because he is the brother of Jitu Yadav from whose house the alleged recovery has been made. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

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 Piro P.S. Case No. 94 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T