Pankaj Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.89352 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-589 Year-2025 Thana- KATEYA District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Pankaj Yadav Son of Jitendra Yadav @ Jitu Yadav Resident of VillageBhagwanpur, P.S.- Kateya, District- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Javed Aslam, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ramesh Chandra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 13-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Kateya PS Case No. 589 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Sections 30(a), 41(1) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 711 liters liquor was recovered from the car.
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. The petitioner is neither the driver not the owner of the vehicle in question and he
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89352 of 2025(3) dt.13-01-2026 2/2 has no concern with the same. The petitioner is in custody since 27.10.2025 and has got two criminal antecedents. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the BNSS, 2023.
5. Learned A.P.P. 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, after framing of charge, if not already framed, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.15,000/- (Fifteen thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Kateya PS Case No. 589 of 2025. (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Siddharth Soni/- U T