Shatrudhan Bhagat v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57145 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-30 Year-2025 Thana- Ramdas Rai Ka Dera District- Buxar ====================================================== Shatrudhan Bhagat, S/o Late Shivgulam Bhagat, R/o Village- Minapur, P.S.- Minapur, District- Muzaffarpur, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Manish Rai Sharma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Md. Anzarul Haque Sahara, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 21-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Ram Das Rai Ka Dera P.S. Case No. 30 of 2025 for the offence registered under Sections 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, 7.44 litres foreign liquor was recovered from the bag of the petitioner and it is alleged that the petitioner after seeing the police tried to flee away from the place of occurrence.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case on the basis of suspicion. Petitioner has no concern with the seized liquor. No incriminating article has been recovered
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57145 of 2025(2) dt.21-08-2025 2/2 from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent which belongs to Excise Act as stated in paragraph 3 of the bail petition. Petitioner is in custody since 07.07.2025. He undertakes to co-operate in the trial.
5. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State opposes the prayer for grant of regular bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions on behalf of the parties and the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner, named above, 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 concerned court below in Ram Das Rai Ka Dera P.S. Case No. 30 of 2025.
(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) khushbu/- U T