Rambabu Sahani v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail allowed; Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act Section 30(a); illicit liquor recovery 192.540 liters; Bairgachi P.S. Case No. 20 of 2026, Araria; petitioners Rambabu Sahani and Arvind Kumar Sahani (Muzaffarpur residents) in custody since 16.02.2026; conditional bail: bail bond Rs. 10,000 each with two like-amount sureties; deposit Rs. 25,000 each in Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Muzaffarpur with verified receipt; every-Sunday reporting at Kanti and Sariya Police Stations; sureties to be close blood relatives; observations prima facie and confined to bail; Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 22008 of 2026; Sandeep Kumar, J; decided 08-04-2026.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail granted to both petitioners in Bairgachi P.S. Case No. 20 of 2026 on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Judge Excise-I, Araria/concerned Court below, subject to conditions: (i) deposit of Rs. 25,000/- each in Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Muzaffarpur with production and verification of the receipt before acceptance of bail bonds; (ii) attendance every Sunday at Kanti Police Station (Petitioner No. 1) and Sariya Police Station (Petitioner No. 2), failing which bail bonds stand liable to cancellation; (iii) both bailors to be close blood relatives of the petitioners.