Amit Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.61240 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-319 Year-2024 Thana- KOILWAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== 1.

Amit Sahni S/o Satya Sahni R/o Village -Koilwar, P.S - Koilwar, District - Bhojpur 2.

Santosh Sahni S/o Satya Sahni R/o Village -Koilwar, P.S - Koilwar, District - Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Akash Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 24-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners seek regular bail in a case registered under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, on the basis of secret information that petitioners used to sell illicit liquor at Kathalwa Ghat, police went to the marked place of occurrence and from there, 70 litres of illicit liquor was recovered.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. Further submission is that petitioners were not present on the spot and they have no concern either with the seized illicit

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.61240 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 2/2 liquor or with the place of occurrence. Petitioners are not involved in the illegal business of illicit liquor. The recovery is from open place easily accessible to anyone. It is submitted that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. Petitioners have got one criminal antecedent of different nature in which they are on bail and there is no chance of their absconding or tampering with the evidence. Petitioners are in custody since 16.07.2025 and they undertake to cooperate in the investigation and trial.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for regular bail of the petitioners.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and period of custody, let the petitioners, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the concerned Court in connection with Koilwar P.S. Case No. 319 of 2024.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) utkarsh/- U T