Pawan Yadav @ Pawan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.61182 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-200 Year-2023 Thana- SAHAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Pawan Yadav @ Pawan Kumar S/O Late Nandkumar Yadav R/O VillageBaghi, P.S- Sahar, Distt.- Bhojpur (Ara). ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Akash Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Amitesh Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 23-09-2025 Heard the parties.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Sahar P.S. Case No. 200 of 2023 registered for the offence under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, lodged on 25.12.2023 by the informant, Ajay Kumar.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that on the sight of the Police, a person threw the plastic jar and escaped and there is recovery/seizure of 15 liters country made liquor, the chowkidar named this petitioner. This led to the F.I.R.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that nothing has been recovered from his conscious possession and has no criminal antecedent, due to enmity, the chowkidar named him and if granted relief, he shall be diligently appearing in
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5. Learned APP opposes the prayer.
6. Taking into account the submissions of the parties as also the fact that he has no criminal antecedent and nothing has been recovered from his conscious possession, an undertaking has been given that he shall be diligently appearing in trial, in that background, this Court is inclined to extend him the privilege of anticipatory bail.
7. Let the petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge-II, Bhojpur at Ara, in connection with Sahar P.S. Case No. 200 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C., as also with the following conditions:- (i) one of the bailor should be the family member/relative of the petitioner who shall provide official document to show his/her bona fide;
(ii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his/her
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(iii) the petitioner shall appear before the concerned police station every fortnight for next six months to mark his attendance and at the end of the period a certificate be submitted before the Trial Court failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of bail bonds; (iv) the petitioner shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(v) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of bail bonds. (Rajiv Roy, J) vinayak/- U T