Vakil Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50344 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-118 Year-2026 Thana- MEHANDIGANJ District- Patna ====================================================== Vakil Yadav Son of Late Salik Yadav @ Late Sakil Yadav Resident of VillageRanipur Pipaltal, P.S. - Mehandiganj, and District-Patna. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Rana Randhir Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR ORAL ORDER 29-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Mehandiganj P.S. Case No. 118 of 2026, instituted for the offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The Prosecution case, in short, is that on receiving information regarding sale of illegal liquor by the petitioner, Police personnel conducted a raid in the cattle house of the petitioner. Upon seeing the Police personnel, the individual fled away from the scene, taking advantage of the darkness. Upon search of the cattle house, the police recovered 7 liters of illegal country-made liquor stored in a plastic bag. The person who succeeded to flee away from the spot was identified as Vakil Yadav (Petitioner) by local villagers and witnesses present at the spot.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50344 of 2026(2) dt.29-07-2026 2/2

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. The name of the petitioner has been disclosed by the local people. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the recovery has been made from Khatal (cattle house), which is an open place and is accessible to public at large.

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 taking into account the fact that petitioner has clean criminal antecedent, 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. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Mehandiganj P.S. Case No. 118 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Alok Kumar, J) manish/- U T