Sonu Nut @ KabutariversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35544 of 2026
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-640 Year-2023 Thana- MADHAURAH District- Saran
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                 Sonu Nut @ Kabutari S/o Daharu Nut Resident of Village- Bajit Bhonha,
                 P.S.- Marhowrah, District- Saran.
                                                                       ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                   Versus
                 The State of Bihar
                                                                ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr. Gajendra Kumar Singh, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, A.P.P.
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   03-07-2026                  1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and

                   learned A.P.P. for the State.

                                2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the

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

                   and Excise Act, 2018.

                                3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

                   petitioner has antecedent of eight cases out of which six cases

                   are under the Excise Act and is in custody since 23.02.2026 and

                   allegation is of recovery of 25 litres of liquor from Piyarpurwa

                   Tola and 30 litres of liquor from a place behind the house of

                   Rajendra Manjhi.

                                4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

                   petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was

                   recovered from his conscious possession and even the alleged

                   recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner
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                     and he came to be implicated based on the secret information

                     which is the easiest way to implicate someone. It is further

                     submitted that once an accused is implicated in a case relating to

                     excise the police start implicating mechanically either at the

                     instance of the Chawkidar, local person, confessional statement

                     or secret information without holding a proper investigation of

                     the case.

                                  5. Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, learned A.P.P. for the

                     State opposes the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner.

                                  6. Considering the submissions made by the learned

                     counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, the petitioner,

                     above-named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing

                     bail bonds of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two

                     sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned

                     Trial Court where the case is pending in connection with

                     Madhaurah P.S. Case No. 640 of 2023.


                                                                          (Satyavrat Verma, J)

Kundan/-

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