Rahul Sahani @ Kader Sahani @ Rahul Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.71867 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-146 Year-2025 Thana- Raghunathpur District- East Champaran ====================================================== Rahul Sahani @ Kader Sahani @ Rahul Kumar S/o Binda Sahni @ Binda Sahani Resident of village - Majhariya, P.S - Raghunathpur, District - East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Narsingh Tanti, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 15-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Raghunathpur P.S. Case No. 146 of 2025 dated 30.05.2025, instituted for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a), 41(1), 52 of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise (Amendment) Act.
3. The allegation is of recovery of 70 litres country made liquor from the bank of River Majhriya.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that nothing has been recovered either from the conscious possession or from the house of the petitioner. The alleged liquor has been recovered from the bank
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.71867 of 2025(2) dt.15-10-2025 2/3 of River Majhriya, which is an open place and accessible to all. It is next submitted that the petitioner has been made accused in this case only on the basis of disclosure made by the local villagers. Lastly, it has been submitted that petitioner has two criminal cases of similar nature.
5. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest / surrender of the petitioner within a period of six weeks from today, in connection with Raghunathpur P.S. Case No. 146 of 2025, he shall be released on anticipatory bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, Excise Court-I, East Champaran, Motihari, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S as also to the following conditions:-
1. Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court and on his absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below.
2. One of the bailors will be his own blood relation,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.71867 of 2025(2) dt.15-10-2025 3/3 preferably father, mother, brother, sister and or his wife.
3. The bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the court concerned if the petitioner is made accused in any other case of similar nature after his release in the present case and thereafter the court below will be at liberty to initiate the proceeding for cancellation of bail on ground of misuse.
4. If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.
5. The petitioner within two weeks of his release from custody shall appear before the S.H.O. of his local area alongwith a copy of this order and shall appear every fortnightly to mark his attendance till the framing of charge in this case. (Khatim Reza, J) Sankalp/- U T