Raghunath Sahni v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Cr. Misc. No. 8849 of 2025, decided 05-03-2025 (Chandra Prakash Singh, J.): anticipatory bail application allowed for Raghunath Sahni in Excise P.S. Case No. 1480 of 2024 (Muzaffarpur), offences u/ss 30(a) and 32(3) Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act; 2084.250 litres illicit foreign liquor allegedly recovered from container and two pick-up vans; Section 76(2) bar urged by the State; Full Bench decision in Ram Vinay Yadav v. State of Bihar, 2019 (2) PLJR 1089 cited by counsel; bail-bond Rs. 20,000 with two sureties of like amount; arrest/surrender within six weeks; conditions under section 482(2) BNSS.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner to be enlarged on anticipatory bail on arrest/surrender within six weeks, on bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Muzaffarpur, in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 1480 of 2024, subject to conditions under section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.