Patna High CourtCR. MISC./175/2025bail granted

Manish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2025-02-18Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.175 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-218 Year-2024 Thana- EXCISE SHERGHATI District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.

Manish Kumar Son of Shyamdev Yadav Village -Entwan PS- Dhangai Distt -Gaya 2.

Santosh Kumar son of Rajkumar Yadav village- Dhangai, ps- Dhangai, DistGaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Paras Nath For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shyam Bihari Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 18-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioners have preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Excise (Sherghati) P.S. Case No. 218 of 2024 dated 18.11.2024 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) and 32 (c) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 66.5 litres of illicit beer and 6.750 litres of illicit foreign liquor were recovered from the five different vehicles.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.175 of 2025(2) dt.18-02-2025 2/2 implicated in this case. The petitioner no. 1 is the driver and the petitioner no. 2 is the co-passenger of one of the said vehicles. The petitioners have no concern with the alleged recovery. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioners have clean antecedents as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioners are in custody since 18.11.2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioners.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioners above-named, are directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Gaya in connection with Excise (Sherghati) P.S. Case No. 218 of 2024.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T