Sonu Chaudhary @ Sonu Kumar Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.83696 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-264 Year-2025 Thana- KOPA District- Saran ====================================================== Sonu Chaudhary @ Sonu Kumar Chaudhary Son of Late Triloki Chaudhary @ Triloki Chaudhari Resident of Village- Majhwaliya, P.S.- Kopa, DistrictSaran at Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Rajendra Prasad Nat, 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 Kopa P.S. Case No. 264 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 08 liters liquor was recovered from jute bag.

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 no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned counsel

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.83696 of 2025(2) dt.04-12-2025 2/3 for the petitioner also submits that the recovered jute bag does not belong to the petitioner. It is further submitted that local people disclosed the name of the petitioner. The petitioner has been arrested only on the basis of suspicion. The petitioner is in custody since 15.10.2025 and has got four 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 Kopa P.S. Case No. 264 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 consecutive dates, the Trial Court will have liberty to cancel the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.83696 of 2025(2) dt.04-12-2025 3/3 bail bonds of the petitioner.

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