Jaymangal Sahani v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50359 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-284 Year-2022 Thana- PAKRIDAYAL District- East Champaran ====================================================== Jaymangal Sahani, S/o Bali Sahni R/o Village - Kalyanpur, P.S. - Minapur, District - Muzaffarpur, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Harishankar Raj, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mrs. Veena Kumari Jaiswal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR ORAL ORDER 29-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Pakridayal P.S. Case No. 284 of 2022 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 279, 337, 272, 273/34 of the IPC & Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.
3. Prosecution case, in brief, is that during the course of morning patrolling and vehicle checking, the police of Pakaridayal P.S. received information about the accident that had taken place on Chaita Pool, in which a Bolero was parked on the Chaita Pool and the motorcycle was lying under the bridge. Upon reaching the spot and after search of the vehicle 261 liters of foreign liquor was recovered from the Bolero vehicle.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has nothing to do with the vehicle since he has sold the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50359 of 2026(2) dt.29-07-2026 2/2 vehicle on 25.07.2022 to one Akash Kumar. Learned counsel further submits that petitioner is having clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Having heard the parties, I am of the considered view that prima facie, it seems that the R.T.O. record has not been rectified and because of that the petitioner name is still exist in the record, since the petitioner is having a clean antecedent and he has sold the vehicle in the year 2022, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, in connection with Pakaridayal P.S. Case No. 284 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
7. Accordingly, the bail application stands allowed. (Alok Kumar, J) khushbu/- U T