Dharmjeet Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72704 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-171 Year-2025 Thana- SAHAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== 1.

Dharmjeet Chaudhary S/o Ashok Kumar Chaudhary R/O Birna Lakhan Sen Ward No.2, P.S- Mahua, District- Vaishali 2.

Shanny Kumar S/o Manoj Rai R/o Hajipur Bamalli, ward no. 8, P.S.- Town Hajipur, Distt.- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Rina Sinha, Advocate Mr. Dhirendra Prasad Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Anzarul Haque Sahara, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 14-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

02. In the present case, the petitioners seek bail in connection with Sahar P.S. Case No. 171 of 2025 registered for the alleged offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act, 2016.

03. As per prosecution case, police received secret information about transportation of illicit liquor by keeping it in secret chamber of a pick-up vehicle. Checking of vehicles was started and on seeing the police, the driver of the pick-up vehicle tried to flee away but two persons, the petitioners herein, were apprehended. On search of the vehicle, recovery of

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04. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in this case. The petitioners are not the owners of the seized vehicle and they are having no knowledge about the seized liquor. The petitioners are having clean antecedent and they are in custody since 28.08.2025.

05. Learned APP for the State opposes the submission made on behalf of the petitioners.

06. Having regard to the facts and circumstances and submissions made on behalf of the parties and considering the period of custody of the petitioners and their clean antecedent, the petitioners above named are directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge-II, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Sahar P.S. Case No. 171 of 2025, subject to the conditions mentioned in Section 480(3) of BNSS and the following conditions:

(i) One of the bailors will be a close relative of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72704 of 2025(2) dt.14-10-2025 3/3 the petitioners.

(ii) The petitioners will remain present on each and every date fixed by the court below.

(iii) In case of absence on three consecutive dates or in violation of the terms of the bail, the bail bond of the petitioners will be liable to be cancelled by the court concerned.

(Arun Kumar Jha, J) Ashish/- U T