Shailesh Sahni @ Sailesh Sahni @ Shailendra Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41938 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-62 Year-2025 Thana- MAKER District- Saran ====================================================== 1.

Shailesh Sahni @ Sailesh Sahni @ Shailendra Sahni S/O Narad Sahni @ Asharfi Sahni R/O Village-Baliganwan(Baligaon), PS-Parsa, Distt-Saran at Chapra 2.

Vishal Sahni @ Bishal Sahni @ Bishal Kumar S/O Babu Nath Sahani R/O Village-Baliganwan(Baligaon), PS-Parsa, Distt-Saran at Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dewendra Narayan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03-07-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per prosecution case, 760 litres of country made liquor was recovered from the bank of river.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and has committed no offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from conscious possession of these petitioners and they have falsely been implicated in this case merely on suspicion. The alleged illicit liquor has been recovered from an

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41938 of 2025(2) dt.03-07-2025 2/2 open place, which is accessible to one and all. Petitioners have got one criminal antecedent of similar nature in which they are already on bail.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

6. Considering the nature of accusation and the fact that no incriminating article has been recovered from conscious possession of these petitioners, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioners 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 3rd Exclusive Special Excise Judge, Saran at Chapra in connection with Maker P.S. Case No. 62 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Neha/- U T