Patna High Court
CR. MISC./36390/2026 of Shiv Shankar Kumar Yadav @ Shivshankar Kumar Yadav Vs The State of Bihar on 10 June 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36390 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-146 Year-2026 Thana- PHULPARAS District- Madhubani ====================================================== Shiv Shankar Kumar Yadav @ Shivshankar Kumar Yadav Son of Kushe Yadav @ Kusheshwar Yadav
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36390 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-146 Year-2026 Thana- PHULPARAS District- Madhubani ======================================================
Shiv Shankar Kumar Yadav @ Shivshankar Kumar Yadav Son of Kushe Yadav @ Kusheshwar Yadav Resident of village - Inarwa, P.S.- Phulparas, District - Madhubani.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Jitendra Kumar Bharti, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Surendra Kumar, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA
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ORAL ORDER
10-06-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a), 38(1) and 41(1) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.
3. As per the prosecution case, 3229.65 litres of foreign liquor was recovered from a tanker.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is neither the driver nor the owner of the said tanker. There is no independent witness and nor any audio, video was recorded to the process of search and seizure, as such, mandatory provisions have been violated. There is no recovery from personal or conscious possession of the petitioner. Further, other similarly situated co-accused persons have been Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36390 of 2026(2) dt.10-06-2026
granted the privilege of bail by Co-ordinate Benches of this Court vide orders dated 20.05.2026, 21.05.2026, 08.06.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No.34922 of 2026, Cr. Misc. No.35171 of 2026 and Cr. Misc. No.36056 of 2026 respectively. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent and is in custody since 11.04.2026.
5. Learned APP for the State opposed the grant of bail on the basis of allegations made in the First Information Report.
6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and considering the fact that the mandatory provisions of search and seizure have been violated and similarly situated co-accused persons have been granted the privilege of bail, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Judge, Excise, Jhanjharpur, District-Madhubani/concerned Court below in connection with Phulparas P.S. Case No. 146 of 2026.
anand/- (Soni Shrivastava, J) U T