Harendra Chaudhari @ Harendra Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.80837 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-583 Year-2025 Thana- DARIYAPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Harendra Chaudhari @ Harendra Chaudhary S/O Late Chandeshwar Chaudhary R/O Village- Dariyapur, P.S.- Dariyapur, Dist.- Saran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Subodh Kumar Barnwal, Advocate :

Mr. Roshan Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Asha Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 27-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Dariyapur P.S. Case No. 583 of 2025 instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 85 litres of liquor has been recovered from the house of the co-accused Sunita Devi.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80837 of 2025(2) dt.27-11-2025 2/3 petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner rather the recovery has been made from the house of the co-accused Sunita Devi. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. The petitioner is in custody since 19.09.2025 and has four criminal antecedents. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika 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 as also 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 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 Dariyapur P.S. Case No. 583 of 2025, subject to the following conditions: (I) One of the bailors shall be own/close member of the family of the petitioner.

(II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed at the trial. In case of default in such appearance on two

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80837 of 2025(2) dt.27-11-2025 3/3 consecutive dates, the Trial Court will have liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T