Shravan Yadav v. The State of Bihar
Court: Patna High Court
Bench: MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY
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Case summary
Patna High Court judgment dated 2026-04-20. Shravan Yadav v. The State of Bihar. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 22692 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No. -56 Year-2026 Thana- JOKIHAT District- Araria ====================================================== Shravan Yadav Son of Sanjeet Kumar Resident of Village- Khilwat PS- Bidupur District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shailendra Kumar Verma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Narendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 20-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner has prayed for regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3.
The case of the prosecution is that from a truck vehicle, altogether 522 liters of foreign liquor was recovered. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. He has been falsely implicated in this case. He is merely a co-driver of the said vehicle. He is unaware of the alleged consignment. The witnesses of the seizure list are police personnel and police has Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 22692 of 2026(2) dt. 20-04-2026 2/2 not complied Section 105 of BNSS while preparing seizure list. Moreover, he is languishing in judicial custody since 13. 02. 2026 having no criminal antecedent. 5. Learned APP appearing for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer of regular bail and submitted that petitioner is having criminal antecedent of one case. 6.
Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail in connection with Jokihat P. S. Case No. 56 of 2026 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned District and Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Exclusive Spl. Judge, Excise-II, Araria. (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) Shubham/- U T
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