Arjun Kumar @ Arjun Sahni v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.64372 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1206 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- East Champaran ====================================================== Arjun Kumar @ Arjun Sahni Son of Munnilal Sahni Resident of Village - Muswa Bhedihari, Ward no. 4, P.S. - Sugauli, District - East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sujeet Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Dr. Kumar Uday Pratap, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 1206 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 41(1) and 44(2) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per the allegation made in the F.I.R., recovery of total 50 litres of country made liquor and other equipment for manufacturing/preparing illegal liquor have been recovered from the place of occurrence and 200 Kg of Jaggery solution is also found and the same has been destroyed on the spot.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Allegation against the petitioner is general in nature. From bare perusal of F.I.R., it would apparent that the present case is nothing but an afterthough of informant to harass the petitioner in the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.64372 of 2025(2) dt.23-09-2025 2/2 present false and concocted case, so as to implicate an innocent person. There is no independent witness of the seizure list only the police personnel are the witness of the said seizure list which is not in compliance of the Section 103 of BNSS. Petitioner is in custody since 26.07.2025.
5. Learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
6. Keeping in view the aforesaid facts and considering the period under custody, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on 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, Court No. 2, East Champaran in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 1206 of 2025 subject to the following conditions :- (i). Petitioner will remain physically present in trial on each and every date till the disposal of the case failing which, on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner may be cancelled by the Trial Court. (ii). One of the bailor shall be his family member. (S. B. Pd. Singh, J) Ankit Kumar/- U T