IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53721 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-410 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Nawada ====================================================== Bholu Mahto @ Banti kumar @ Banti son of Abdhesh Mahto @ Abdhesh Prasad Village- Bari Pahari Biharsharif Ps- Laheri District- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Pramod Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Md. Iftekhar Mahmood ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-08-2025 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. 410 of 2025 dated 18.06.2025 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per the prosecution case, total 35.250 litres of of the illicit foreign liquor was recovered from the car. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is neither the driver nor the owner of the said vehicle. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged recovery. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53721 of 2025(2) dt.06-08-2025 2/2 possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has one criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 19.06.2025. 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, Nawada in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 410 of 2025. 7. The application stands allowed. guddukr/- (Chandra Prakash Singh, J) U T