Ramu Kumar Yadav v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26145 of 2025, decision 05-05-2025, Justice Harish Kumar (oral order); anticipatory/pre-arrest bail ALLOWED; petitioner Ramu Kumar Yadav; Panapur P.S. Case No. 254 of 2024, District Saran; Sections 30(a) Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022; illicit wine / country made liquor trade; 18 + 18 litres recovered (behind house of Santosh Rai; newly constructed Primary School; 20-litre jar); recovery from open public place; infirmities in search and seizure; rigors of Section 76(2) Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act not attracted; bail bonds Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount; 2nd Exclusive Special Excise Judge, Saran at Chapra; conditions under Section 482(2) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; one bailor own/close family member; advocates: Jeetendra Narayan (petitioner), Renu Kumari APP (State).
What did the court decide?
Pre-arrest bail granted: release on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within four weeks from receipt/production of a copy of the order, upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned 2nd Exclusive Special Excise Judge, Saran at Chapra, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with the further condition that one of the bailors shall be the own/close family members of the petitioner.