Kanhaiya Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.82463 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-660 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== Kanhaiya Yadav S/o Damodar Yadav R/o Village- Khemtarni Asthan, Ward no. 11, P.S - Suryagarha, District - Lakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Shailendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 03-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 660 C 2 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 90 liters liquor was recovered from open place near canal and the petitioner was apprehended 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.82463 of 2025(2) dt.03-12-2025 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 an open place and the same is easily accessible to the public at large. It is further submitted that the petitioner has been arrested only on the basis of suspicion. The petitioner is in custody since 11.10.2025 and has got two criminal antecedents 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 Excise P.S. Case No. 660 C 2 of 2025.
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Rajorshi/- U T