Jitan Kumar Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.73354 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-86 Year-2025 Thana- Excise Mashrakh District- Saran ====================================================== 1.

Jitan Kumar Sahni S/o Umesh Sahni R/O Village- Madhuban Kanti, Police Station- Meenapur, District- Muzaffarpur 2.

Neeraj Kumar S/o Deeplal Sah R/o Village- Raghai, Police StationShivaipatti, District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar S.K., Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Abhay Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-10-2025 Heard Mr. Sanjay Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Abhay Kumar, learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioners seek regular bail in connection with Excise Mashrakh P.S. Case No. 86/ 2025 dated 07.08.2025 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 30(a) and 32(3) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act.

3. The main submissions advanced by the petitioners' counsel are that both the petitioners have fair and clean antecedents and their past is completely clean and they never remained involve in any offence relating to Excise Act. Though, the instant matter relates to the recovery of large quantity of foreign liquor which is alleged to have been recovered from a Santro car bearing registration no. BR06Y-4326 and the petitioners are only alleged to have been travelling in the said vehicle at the time of recovery but they had no

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73354 of 2025(2) dt.15-10-2025 2/2 knowledge of the liquor being kept in the alleged vehicle as they had merely taken lift in it. It is further submitted that petitioners are languishing in jail since 08.08.2025 and against them, the investigation has been completed and the main prosecution witnesses to be examined in the trial of the petitioners are excise personnel, so, the petitioners' release on bail will not affect the prosecution in any manner.

4. The learned APP appearing for the State has opposed the bail prayer of the petitioners.

5. In the facts and circumstances of this case as well as considering the aforesaid submissions advanced by the petitioners' counsel coupled with their fair and clean antecedent and completion of investigation against them, this court is inclined to release the petitioners on bail. Accordingly, let the petitioners named-above be released on bail in connection with Excise Mashrakh P.S. Case No. 86/ 2025 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court concerned.

(Shailendra Singh, J) BKS/- U T