Ajit Mukhiya @ Ashok Mukhiya @ Ajeet Mukhiya v. The State of Bihar
Anticipatory bail – Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act, Sections 30(a), 41(1)
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9693 of 2025, decided 26-03-2025 by Soni Shrivastava, J. Anticipatory bail granted to Ajit Mukhiya @ Ashok Mukhiya @ Ajeet Mukhiya in Pandaul P.S. Case No. 277 of 2024 under Sections 30(a), 41(1) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act; 34.56 liters of foreign liquor recovered from bushes in front of petitioner's house; defence raised conscious possession and Section 103 BNSS compliance; bail bond of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C conditions and verification of criminal antecedents by the court below.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks, the petitioner to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-II cum Special Judge, Madhubani in Pandaul P.S. Case No. 277 of 2024, subject to conditions under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C and subject to verification of the petitioner's criminal antecedents by the court below.