Sandeep Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58478 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-117 Year-2025 Thana- SAHPUR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Sandeep Chaudhary S/o Parmanand Chaudhary R/o Village- Horil Chapra, P.S.- Shahpur, District- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Prabhat Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Renuka Ratnakar (App125) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 22-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Shahpur P.S. Case No. 117 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 total 43.42 litres of liquor was recovered from Motorcycle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. The name of the petitioner transpired in this case on the basis of confessional statement of apprehended co-accused person namely, Golu Singh. Charge-sheet has been submitted in this case. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned counsel for the petitioner, therefore,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58478 of 2025(2) dt.22-08-2025 2/2 contends that prima-facie no case is made out against the petitioner. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Similarly situated other co-accused person has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 15.07.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 44372 of 2025.

5. Learned APP 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, 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 Shahpur P.s. Case No. 117 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Raj Ranjan/- U T