IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.46549 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-938 Year-2019 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- East Champaran ====================================================== Chutul Patel @ Chutul Kumar Patel @ Chutun Kumar Patel S/o Nawal Patel @ Nawal Raut Resident of Village-Kotwa Pashchimi tola, P.S.-Kotwa, District-East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Hemant Ray For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Braj Kishore Pd.(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 16-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 938/2019 dated 09.10.2019 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per the prosecution case, total 117 litres of illicit foreign liquor was recovered from the sugarcane field. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The recovery is made from an open Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.46549 of 2025(2) dt.16-07-2025 2/2 place which is accessible to anyone. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged recovery. The petitioner has one antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 08.04.2025. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner above- named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 938/2019. 7. The application stands allowed. atul/- (Chandra Prakash Singh, J) U T