IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59629 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-615 Year-2025 Thana- TURKAULIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Sunil Sah S/o Late Rajvanshi Sah @ Rajbansi Sah Resident of Village- Shankar @ Sankar Saraiya, Rama Singh Babu Tola @ Rama Singh Tola, PS- Turkauliya, District- East Champaran Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pramod Kumar Prasad For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Umanath Mishra ====================================================== 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 Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of 16 cases, out of which, 11 cases are under the Excise Act and is in custody since 06.04.2026 and was remanded in the instant case on 21.04.2026 and allegation is of recovery of 30 litres of liquor from house of Pratima Devi. 4. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and has no concern or relation with Pratima Devi and Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59629 of 2026(2) dt.21-08-2026 2/2 he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of Pratima Devi in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value. 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. It is also submitted that petitioner in similar manner earlier also came to be implicated in cases relating to excise. 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 Turkauliya P.S. Case No.615 of 2025. amit/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T