Patna High CourtCR. MISC./53528/2025bail granted

Mantu Sah @ Mantu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2025-08-12Mr. Justice R. P. Mishra2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53528 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-80 Year-2025 Thana- SAHAJITPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Mantu Sah @ Mantu Kumar Son of Kalap Nath Sah Resident of Village - Sisai, Police Station - Sahajitpur, District - Saran at Chapra. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Avinash Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Md. Anzarul Haque Sahara, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 12-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in Sahajitpur P.S. case No. 80 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 10 liters liquor was recovered from behind the house of the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. It is further submitted that recovery is made from behind the house

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53528 of 2025(2) dt.12-08-2025 2/2 of the petitioner, an open place accessible to one and all. The petitioner is in custody since 21.06.2025 and has got one criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of B.N.S.S., 2023.

5. Learned A.P.P. 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 and the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.15,000/- (Fifteen thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Sahajitpur P.S. case No. 80 of 2025.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Pankaj/- U T