Pinku Yadav @ Chandan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail granted — Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, Sections 33, 34 and 36 — Nawada P.S. Case No. 378 of 2021 (02.04.2021) — spurious/hooch liquor death case — petitioner Pinku Yadav @ Chandan Kumar not named in F.I.R., name surfaced via co-accused Arvind Yadav's confessional statement — nothing recovered from conscious possession — nineteen criminal antecedents yet bail granted — custody since 12.08.2024 — co-accused parity, bail to co-accused vide order dated 01.08.2024 in Criminal Misc. No. 54635 of 2024 — bail-bond Rs.20,000/- with two sureties — conditions of attendance before court below and exposure to cancellation — Patna High Court, Crl. Misc. No.5743 of 2025, decided 05-03-2025.
What did the court decide?
Enlargement of the petitioner on regular bail in Nawada P.S. Case No. 378 of 2021 on furnishing a bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Nawada, subject to conditions of mandatory physical appearance before the court below on every date (failure on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause rendering the bond cancellable) and liberty to the prosecution to seek cancellation if the petitioner is found involved in similar offences.