Sonu Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.23420 of 2025, decided 22-08-2025 by Chandra Shekhar Jha, J; anticipatory bail granted in Shahpur P.S. Case No. 356 of 2023 (District Patna) under Sections 30(a), 41 and 56 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act; allegation of illegal trading/manufacturing of illicit liquor with recovery of 250 litres of IMFL/country-made liquor from a car; bail granted as recovery prima facie not from petitioner's physical possession and implication appeared only as owner of the vehicle; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- with two like sureties; conditions under Section 482(2) BNSS; case pending before Special Excise Judge, Danapur.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: release on bail upon arrest or surrender within four weeks of the order, on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Special Excise Judge, Danapur/concerned Court, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.