Santu Sahani @ Santosh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.73935 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-244 Year-2025 Thana- BANJARIA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Santu Sahani @ Santosh S/o Kalitar Sahani @ Kalika Sahani R/O VillageSiswa Nayaka Tola ,P.S.- Banjariya , District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Vijay Shankar Shrivastava For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Shaheen Begum ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Banjariya P.S. Case No. 244 of 2025 dated 26.04.2025 registered for the offences punishable u/ss 274 and 275 of the B.N.S. and u/ss 30(a) and 41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, total 150 litres of illicit country made liquor was recovered from the jute bag.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged recovery. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has seven criminal
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73935 of 2025(2) dt.17-10-2025 2/2 antecedents in which he is on bail except one case as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 29.07.2025. The co-accused person has already been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 30.07.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 51201 of 2025.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Banjariya P.S. Case No. 244 of 2025, with a condition:- (i) The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bonds of the petitioner are liable to be cancelled.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shivam/- U T