Sunil Chauhan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.71490 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-157 Year-2025 Thana- MESKAUR District- Nawada ====================================================== Sunil Chauhan Son of Mohan Chauhan R/O Vill- Koubari, P.S.- Meskaur, District- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Jyoti Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ram Bilash Roy Raman, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 15-10-2025 Heard the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Meskaur P.S. Case No. 157 of 2025 for the offence registered under sections 30(a) and 41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act lodged on 04.08.2025 by the informant, Sanjeet Kumar.
3. As per the prosecution story, the police on secret information intercepted two vehicle and there is recovery/seizure of 100 litres and 10 litres of country made liquor respectively from the said vehicles. This led to the FIR.
4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that he does not own either of the vehicle and only because of criminal antecedent of the same nature, got implicated. The last submission is that if granted relief, he shall be diligently appearing in trial.
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5. Learned APP for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail submitting that he has criminal antecedent.
6. Taking into account the submission of the parties as also the fact that the petitioner do not own the vehicle and undertaking has been given that he shall be diligently appearing in trial, in that background, this Court is inclined to grant him the anticipatory bail with condition.
7. Let the petitioner in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the order, shall be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No. 1, Nawada in connection with Meskaur P.S. Case No. 157 of 2025 subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
(i) one of the bailor of the petitioner(s) should be the family members/relatives/distant relatives of the petitioner, who shall provide official document to show his/her bona fide; (ii) the petitioner(s) 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
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.71490 of 2025(2) dt.15-10-2025 3/3 cancellation of his bail bond by the Trial court itself; (iii) the petitioner(s) shall appear before the concerned police station every fortnight for next six months to mark attendance and at the end of the period, the certificate be submitted to the Court;
(iv) the petitioner(s) 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(s) shall desist from committing any criminal offence again failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds. (Rajiv Roy, J) Raj Ranjan/- U T