Monu Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; Section 30(a) Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016; Section 438(2) Code of Criminal Procedure; Section 482(2) BNSS 2023; recovery of 37.26 litres foreign liquor; recovery from hut beside house; joint family property; co-accused Suraj Kumar confessional statement; one criminal antecedent; bail rejection order; Exclusive Special Excise Judge Barh Patna; Bakhtiyarpur/Bhaktiyarpur P.S. Case No.15 of 2025; Patna High Court CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16460 of 2025; decided 16-05-2025; Justice Soni Shrivastava; Monu Kumar; State of Bihar.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge, Barh, Patna, subject to Section 438 (2) CrPC / Section 482 (2) BNSS 2023 conditions and further conditions of cooperation in investigation/trial and verification of criminal antecedents.