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Patna High CourtCR. MISC./87608/2024bail granted

Harinarayan Yadav @ Harinarain Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

2025-03-05Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87608 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-233 Year-2024 Thana- GOVINDGANJ District- East Champaran ====================================================== Harinarayan Yadav @ Harinarain Yadav S/o Sital Yadav Resident of villageChatiya Diyar, P.S. - Malahi, Distt.- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Abhishek Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Rajendra Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 05-03-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of three cases and is in custody since 23.10.2024.

4. Allegation is of recovery of 160.920 litres of liquor from a motorcycle.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of the seized motorcycle. It is further submitted that petitioner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87608 of 2024(2) dt.05-03-2025 2/2 came to be implicated based on disclosure made by the local person but then it is submitted that in majority of the cases, the police in a mechanical manner implicate either at the instance of the Chawkidar, local person, secret information and confessional statement without holding a proper investigation of the case.

6. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner.

7. Considering the aforesaid submission, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending in connection with Govindganj P.S. Case No. 233 of 2024.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T