IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22874 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-356 Year-2023 Thana- CHHAURADANO District- East Champaran ====================================================== Bagha @ Akhilesh Mukhiya Son of Mangal Mukhiya R/o Village - Tinkoni ,P.S. -Darpa ,District-East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Vijay Shankar Shrivastava For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Shailendra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 18-04-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of six cases under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 168 litres of liquor from a sack. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a place, which does not belong to the petitioner and he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of Ram Balak Mukhiya in police custody, which does not have any Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22874 of 2026(2) dt.18-04-2026 2/2 evidentiary value. It is also submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the trial to prove his innocence and is in custody since 04.11.2025. 5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the bail application. 6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, is directed to be released on regular bail on his furnishing bail- bonds in the sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Chhauradano-Mahuawa P. S. Case No.356 of 2023. 7. The application stands allowed. vikash/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T