Dinesh Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66290 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-343 Year-2025 Thana- MAKHDUMPUR District- Jehanabad ====================================================== Dinesh Chaudhary S/o Late Nanhak Chaudhary, R/o Village - Nansa Bighah, P.S - Makhdumpur, District - Jehanabad.

... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Md Ejaz Akhtar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Asha Devi, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 24-09-2025 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Makhdumpur P.S. Case No. 343 of 2025, dated 21.05.2025, registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 24 litres of illicit country made mahua liquor was recovered, out of which 6 litres of illicit country made mahua liqour was recovered from the house of the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. He further submits that petitioner is a labourer and resides in the house in question in joint capacity and the said house is accessible to all members of the family, so the allegation of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66290 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 2/2 recovery of illicit mahua liquor from the possession of petitioner is unfounded and has no basis. He lastly submits that petitioner claims clean antecedent.

5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that petitioner has clean antecedent and nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner, let the petitioner, above-named, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial Court within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Excise Court-I, Jehanabad, in connection with Makhdumpur P.S. Case No. 343 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. / Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. (Ajit Kumar, J) Shahnawaz/- U T