Deepak @ Sitaram YadavversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25154 of 2026
                      Arising Out of PS. Case No.-20 Year-2026 Thana- BRAHMPUR District- Buxar
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                 Deepak @ Sitaram Yadav

                                                                                 ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                      Versus
                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr.Shankar Kumar
                 For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr.Akbar Ali
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   16-04-2026                    Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   APP for the State.

                                2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with

                   Brahmpur P.S. Case No. 20 of 2026 registered for the offence

                   punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and

                   Excise Act.

                                3. As per the prosecution case, there is recovery of

                   46.920 litres of illicit liquor from the bag of the petitioner.

                                4. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the

                   petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been

                   implicated in this case. The petitioner is in custody since

                   27.01.2026.

                                5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

                   petitioner is ready to donate Rs. 25,000/- in some charitable
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          organization without accepting his guilt.

                        6. Learned APP appearing for the State opposes the

          prayer for bail of the petitioner.

                        7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case

          and submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner, let the

          petitioner, above named, be released on bail upon furnishing

          bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the

          like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive

          Special Excise Judge-2, Buxar, /concerned Court below in

          connection with Brahmpur P.S. Case No. 20 of 2026.

                        8. This is also subject to the condition that the

          petitioner shall deposit cumulatively an amount of Rs. 25,000/-

          in Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Ramakrishna Avenue, Patna,

          Bihar-800004 and produce the receipt of the same before the

          Court below. The bail bonds of the petitioner shall be accepted

          after verifying the genuineness of the receipt produced by the

          petitioner.

                        9. As a condition of this order, the petitioner after

          being released on bail is directed to mark their attendance at

          local P.S. on first Sunday of each month. Any default in

          appearance at the police station will result in cancellation of bail

          bonds of the petitioner.
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                                   10. It is, however, clarified that the observations made

                      herein are limited to the adjudication of the present bail

                      application and shall not prejudice the case of the petitioners at

                      any subsequent stage of the trial and this Court has not express

                      any opinion on the merits of the case.



                                                                           (Sandeep Kumar, J)
sanjeev/-

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