Patna High CourtCR. MISC./83777/2025bail granted

Chhunnu Kumar @ Chunnu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2025-12-04Mr. Justice R. P. Mishra2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.83777 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1029 Year-2025 Thana- SONEPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Chhunnu Kumar @ Chunnu Kumar S/o Harendra Rai Resident of VillageJahangirpur, P.S- Sonepur, District- Saran At Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dewendra Narayan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nityanand, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 04-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Sonepur P.S. Case No. 1029 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 09 liters liquor was recovered from jute bag and the 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.83777 of 2025(2) dt.04-12-2025 2/2 no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that the alleged recovery has been made from a jute bag near the house of the petitioner which is an open place and the same is easily accessible to the public at large. The petitioner is in custody since 16.10.2025 and has got one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail. 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 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 Sonepur P.S. Case No. 1029 of 2025.

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