Sonelal @ Sonawa @ Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Ray v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43171 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-128 Year-2026 Thana- NADI P.S. District- Patna ====================================================== Sonelal @ Sonawa @ Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Ray S/O Tunna Rai @ Tunna Ray Resident of Village-Himmatpur, P. S.- Rustampur, District- Vaishali. At present residing Village- Didarganj ward No-72, P.S. Didarganj, and DistrictPatna. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Jay Ram Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Nitya Nand Tiwary ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 03-07-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of four cases under the Excise Act and is in custody since 15.05.2026 and allegation is of recovery of 180 litres of liquor from a motorcycle.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of the seized motorcycle and he came to be implicated at the instance of local person, but the name of the person, who

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43171 of 2026(2) dt.03-07-2026 2/2 disclosed the name of the petitioner is not disclosed in the F.I.R., which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution. It is next submitted that police in majority of cases implicating innocent persons either at the behest of Chaukidar, local person, secret informant and confessional statement in a mechanical manner without holding proper investigation.

5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, is directed to be released on regular bail on his furnishing bailbonds in the sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Nadi P. S. Case No.128 of 2026.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T