Santosh Kumar @ Santosh Chaudhary @ Aaloo Chaudhary @ Aaloo v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60969 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-207 Year-2025 Thana- TILAUTHU District- Rohtas ====================================================== Santosh Kumar @ Santosh Chaudhary @ Aaloo Chaudhary @ Aaloo S/O Nepali Chaudhary @ Raja Ram Chaudhary Resident of Village- Uttarpatti Tilauthu, P.S- Tilauthu, District- Rohtas.
... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shashi Kant, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ramesh Chandra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 23-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Tilauthu P.S. Case No. 207 of 2025, instituted under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. On getting secret information regarding unloading of illicit liquor from a boat, police team reached at the marked place. Seeing the police team accused persons tried to flee away leaving sacks and two motorcycles but on chase one person was apprehended who disclosed his name as Pawan Kumar @ Sonu. The apprehended person disclosed the name of petitioner as he fled away from the spot. On search, total 350 litre illicit liquor was recovered from two motorcycles.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60969 of 2025(2) dt.23-09-2025 2/2 case on the basis of disclosure made by the co-accused. Petitioner was not present on the spot. No incriminating material has been recovered from his possession. Petitioner has no concern either with the seized liquor or with the motorcycles. There is no independent witness to the seizure-list. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail. He undertakes to co-operate in the investigation and trial.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the Petitioner, above-named, be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Judge Excise-II, Sasaram in connection with Tilauthu P.S. Case No. 207 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482 (2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.), 2023.
(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J.) rakhi/- U T