Devanand Mahto @ Deva Mahto v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CR. MISC./Criminal Miscellaneous No.3752 of 2024, decided 09-02-2024 by Chandra Prakash Singh, J. Anticipatory bail granted to Devanand Mahto @ Deva Mahto in Excise P.S. Case No. 46 of 2021 (Government Official Comp. PS, Samastipur) under S. 30(a) Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act; recovery of 16 litres illicit country liquor from courtyard behind house; S. 76(2) bar raised by APP; Full Bench in Ram Vinay Yadav v. State of Bihar 2019 (2) PLJR 1089 cited on maintainability; bail-bond Rs. 20,000/- with two sureties; s.438(2) CrPC conditions.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: petitioner to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, in the event of arrest/surrender within six weeks, to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Samastipur, in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 46 of 2021, subject to conditions under section 438(2) CrPC.