Sanjeet Shani @ Sanjeet Kumar @ Sanjeet Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.79787 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-380 Year-2025 Thana- BAKHARI District- Begusarai ====================================================== Sanjeet Shani @ Sanjeet Kumar @ Sanjeet Sahni S/o- Late Narayan Shani @ Late Narayan Sahni R/v- Godiyari W.No-27, Ps- Bakhri Dist- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Akash Kumar Mishra, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Anzarul Haque Sahara, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 25-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Bakhri Police Station Case No. 380 of 2025, instituted for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 9 liters of country made liquor was recovered from Sack. Petitioner was arrested on spot.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has got

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.79787 of 2025(2) dt.25-11-2025 2/3 no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the recovery is made from an open place, which is accessible to one and all. It is also submitted that the petitioner has no concern with the sack in question. It is also submitted that the alleged sack does not belong to the petitioner. The petitioner is in custody since 21.10.2025 and has got seven criminal antecedents of similar nature. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

7. Let the petitioner be released on bail, after framing of charge, if not already framed, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Bakhri Police Station Case No. 380 of 2025, subject to the following conditions:

(I) One of the bailors shall be own/close member of the family of the petitioner.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.79787 of 2025(2) dt.25-11-2025 3/3 (II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed at the trial. In case of default in such appearance on two consecutive dates, the Trial Court will have liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.

(III) If the petitioner is found involved in similar nature of offence in future, the Trial Court will have the liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.

(IV) The petitioner will not leave the territorial jurisdiction of the Court below without its prior permission for the same.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) krishnakant/- U T