IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76836 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-149 Year-2021 Thana- SONBERSA District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Chhotu Kumar @ Chote Mahto S/O Late Chandeshwar Mahto R/O Village- Sonbarsa, P.S- Sonbarsa, Distt.- Sitamarhi. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Uday Kumar , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Arun Kumar , APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State . 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act and section 414 of the IPC . 3 . As per prosecution case, 50.400 liters illicit Nepali wine was recovered from the seized motorcycle . 4. It is submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case . Petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the seized vehicle . No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and he is no way connected with the aforesaid recovery. 5 . Learned counsel for the State opposes the bail Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76836 of 2025(2) dt.03-02-2026 2/2 petition . 6. Considering the facts of the case , in the event of arrest/surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioner, above named, 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 the learned Exclusive Special Judge 1st Sitamarhi District- Sitamarhi in connection with Sonbarsa Police Station Case No. 149 of 2021 , subject to the conditions laid down under section 482 ( 2 ) of the BNSS 2023 . Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T