IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87860 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-216 Year-2023 Thana- UDAKISHUNGANJ District- Madhepura ====================================================== Devchandra Mandal @ Devchand Mandal S/O Radhu Mandal @ Radhe Mandal @ Raghu Mandal R/O Village- Bhalpahadi (Bhalpahari) Laghuriya, P.O- Lodhariya (Laghuriya), P.S- Laghuriya Tundi, District - Dhanbad (Jharkhand) ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashwani Kumar Tiwary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Arun Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 32 (ii)(iii) and 41 (i) (ii) of Bihar Excise Act. 3. As per prosecution case, 5107 liters illicit liquor was recovered from two Haiwa Trucks bearing Registration Nos. JH10-BS-8239 and JH10-BS-3411 respectively. Petitioner is registered owner of one of the seized vehicles. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case only on the ground that he is registered owner of Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87860 of 2024(2) dt.05-02-2025 2/2 Haiwa Truck bearing Reg. No. JH10-BS-8239 from which huge quantity of illicit liquor has been recovered. Petitioner has got clean antecedent. Petitioner is in custody since 26.11.2024. 5. Learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State opposed the prayer for bail. 6. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional District and Sessions Judge-V- cum-Special Judge Excise Act-I, Madhepura in connection with Udakishunganj P.S. Case No. 216 of 2023(S). utkarsh/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T