Sanoj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63934 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-756 Year-2024 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Nawada ====================================================== Sanoj Kumar S/o Gurdayal Yadav R/o Village - Niraur, P.s.- Fatehpur, District - Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Durgesh Nandan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Anand Kishore Choudhary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 12-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Nawada Excise P.S. Case No. 756 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 47 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3.

The prosecution case, in short, is that total 1000 liters of illicit liquor was recovered from five motorcycles. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63934 of 2025(2) dt.12-09-2025 2/3 against him and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner has no knowledge and concern with the alleged recovery. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. It is submitted that name of the petitioner has transpired on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused namely, Pramod Kumar. It is further submitted that motorcycles in question do not belong to the petitioner. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of B.N.S.S. Other co-accused has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 21.02.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 12519 of 2025.

5.

On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner. 6.

Considering the rival submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Nawada Excise P.S. Case No. 756 of 2024, subject to the conditions as

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63934 of 2025(2) dt.12-09-2025 3/3 laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S. (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Raj Kishore/- U T