Ashraful Islam v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.3596 of 2025 (order dt. 22-03-2025, Justice Sourendra Pandey): anticipatory bail application under S.482(2) BNSS by Ashraful Islam in L.N.M.U. P.S Case No. 421 of 2022 (S.30(a), Bihar Prohibition of Excise Act, 2016; 198 litres illegal Nepali liquor recovered) allowed; petitioner not named in FIR, name surfaced as owner of seized Bolero car allegedly sold to co-accused Sujeet Mahto without transfer documents; court found petitioner absent from spot and no evidence connecting him with the crime; bail on Rs.10,000 bond with two like sureties, surrender within six weeks.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be enlarged on bail upon arrest/surrender within six weeks, on bail-bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Darbhanga, in connection with L.N.M.U. P.S Case No. 421 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.