Shatrudhan Kumar @ Satrudhan Chaudhary v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No.7858 of 2025; anticipatory bail; Shatrudhan Kumar @ Satrudhan Chaudhary; Madanpur P.S. Case No. 31 of 2021; District Aurangabad; Section 30(a) Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016; recovery of 5180 liters of spirit; truck Registration No. NL02L-9946; not named in FIR; no recovery from conscious possession; abandoned truck; no independent witness to seizure list; no criminal antecedent; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; Section 438(2) Code of Criminal Procedure; Section 482(2) B.N.S.S. 2023; Excise Court No. 1 Aurangabad; Soni Shrivastava, J; order dated 14-05-2025.
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 a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the District and Additional Sessions Judge cum Exclusive Special Judge, Excise Court No. 1, Aurangabad, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions and co-operation in the investigation/trial.