IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59119 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-383 Year-2025 Thana- LADANIA District- Madhubani ====================================================== Sikendar Yadav @ Sikandar Yadav S/O Krishnadev Yadav @ Kishan Dev Yadav R/V-Bishanpur, PS- Ladania, District- Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Jitendra Kumar Bharti For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 21-08-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 274, 275, 132, 352, 3(5) of the BNS and Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of 14 cases, out of which, 10 cases are under the Excise Act and is in custody since 07.07.2026 and allegation is of recovery of 270 litres of liquor from a mango orchard. 4. It is next submitted 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 Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59119 of 2026(2) dt.21-08-2026 2/3 does not belong to the petitioner and is accessible to villagers at large and he came to be implicated at the instance of chowkidar. It is next submitted that if chowkidar was aware of the involvement of the petitioner in the occurrence then why he did not inform the police prior to institution of the instant FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution. It is also submitted that once an accused is implicated in a case relating to excise, the police starts implicating mechanically either through chowkidar, local person, confessional statement or secret information without holding a proper investigation. 5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner. 6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5000/- (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 Ladania P.S. Case No.383 of 2025. amit/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59119 of 2026(2) dt.21-08-2026 3/3