Satyendra Yadav @ Sateyendra Kumar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72395 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-141 Year-2025 Thana- KUCHAIKOTE District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Satyendra Yadav @ Sateyendra kumar Yadav S/O Amar Yadav R/O VillageBhagwanpur, P.S -Nautan, District - Bettiah (West Champaran). ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Umesh Kumar Singh, Advocate Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Advocate Ms. Shobhna Shreya, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Ramesh Chandra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 16-10-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending his arrest in connection with Kuchaikote P.S. Case no. 141 of 2025, registered under sections 317(5) and 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
3. As per the prosecution case, 22.8 litres of liquor was recovered from the motorcycle in question and accused Biresh Yadav was taken into custody. The arrested accused further disclosed that the liquor belonged to one Sikandar Yadav. On further interrogation he disclosed the name of two other accused persons including the petitioner herein who were also
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72395 of 2025(2) dt.16-10-2025 2/3 involved in the business of liquor.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that even from the contents of the FIR it would transpire that neither the petitioner was arrested at the spot nor any incriminating article recovered from his possession. Even as per the statement of the co-accused, the liquor seized did not belong to this petitioner. The petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case because of his antecedents.
5. The application for anticipatory bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegations against the petitioner in the F.I.R, no incriminating article having been recovered from the petitioner's possession, the name of the petitioner transpiring in the statement of a co-accused made before police only with the allegation that the petitioner is involved in the business of liquor, in the facts of the case, it is directed that the petitioner above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Kuchaikote P.S. Case no. 141 of 2025 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72395 of 2025(2) dt.16-10-2025 3/3 satisfaction of the learned Additional District & Sessions JudgeIV-cum-Special Excise, Court no.II, Gopalganj. (Partha Sarthy, J) Shiv/- U T