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2025 Supreme(Online)(MP) 10086

HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH
Hokam – Appellant
Versus
The State Of Madhya Pradesh – Respondent
MCRC 59900/2025



Advocates:
Nilesh Dave[P-1],Advocate General[R-1]

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NEUTRAL CITATION NO. 2025:MPHC-IND:37958

1 MCRC-59900-2025

IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH

AT INDORE

BEFORE

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE HIMANSHU JOSHI

th

ON THE 29 OF DECEMBER, 2025

MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 59900 of 2025

HOKAM

Versus

THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH

Appearance:

Ms.Kamini More - Advocate for the petitioner [P-1].

Shri Balkrishna Royal- Advocate for the petitioner [P-1].

Shri Tarun Pagare GA appearing on behalf of Advocate General[r-1].

ORDER

This is the first application filed by the applicants under Section 483

of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail relating

to FIR/Crime No.478/25 registered at Police Station - Unhel, District - Ujjain

for the offence punishable under Sections 34(2) of M.P. Excise Act, 1915.

Applicant is in custody since 14.12.2025.

2. As per prosecution case, date of incident is 13/ 12/2025, when

concerning police got the secret information regarding illicit liquor. After

that, police party . taking action on. the information received and they were

reached on the spot and intercepted the vehicle Scorpio bearing registration

No. MP-66-C-0595 and there is recovery of 60 bulk liter country made

liquor from the possession of applicant and police arrested the applicant.

Thereafter P.S. Unhel, Distt. Ujjain, M.P. has registered the offence u/s

Signature Not Verified

Signed by: HARIKUMAR

NAIR

Signing time: 12/31/2025

3:19:55 PM

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2 MCRC-59900-2025

34(2) of MP Excise Act at Crime No. 478/25 against applicant.

3. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant

is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the case on the basis that 60

bulk litres of illicit liquor seized from the possession of the applicant. The

case is triable by the Judicial Magistrate First Class. The applicant has

nothing to do with the said alcohol. Trial will take time to be concluded,

hence, the applicant be released on bail.

4. Learned counsel for State has opposed the bail application.

5. Heard the learned counsel for both the parties and perused the case

diary.

6. Looking to the factual aspect of the case coupled with the fact that

trial will take time to be concluded, this Court deems it fit to enlarge the

applicant on bail. Hence, without commenting anything on the merits of the

case, the application is allowed.

7. Accordingly, it is directed that applicant shall be released on bail

in connection with Crime, as mentioned in first paragraph of this order, upon

furnishing a personal bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/-(Rupees Fifty Thousand

only) with one surety of the same amount to the satisfaction of the Trial

Court, for compliance with the following conditions : (For convenience of

understanding by accused and surety, the conditions of bail are also

reproduced in Hindi as under):-

(1) Applicant shall remain present on every date of hearing as may be

directed by the concerned court;

(1) आवेदक संबंिधत (cid:12)यायालय के िनद(cid:17)शानुसार सुनवाई क(cid:22) (cid:23)(cid:24)येक ितिथ

Signature Not Verified

Signed by: HARIKUMAR

NAIR

Signing time: 12/31/2025

3:19:55 PM

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पर उप(cid:28)(cid:29)थत रहेगा ।

(2) Applicant shall not commit or get involved in any offence of

similar nature;

(2) आवेदक समान (cid:23)कृित का के ाई अपराध नह(cid:36)ं करेगा या उसम(cid:37) स(cid:28)(cid:38)मिलत

नह(cid:36)ं होगा ।

(3) Applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement,

threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to

dissuade them/him/her from disclosing such facts to the Court or to the

police officer;

(3) आवेदक (cid:23)करण के त(cid:41)य(cid:42) से प(cid:43)रिचत (cid:45)कसी (cid:47)य(cid:48)(cid:49) को (cid:23)(cid:24)य(cid:50) या

अ(cid:23)(cid:24)य(cid:50) (cid:51)प से (cid:23)लोभन, धमक(cid:22) या वचन नह(cid:36)ं देगा, (cid:28)जससे ऐसा (cid:47)य(cid:48)(cid:49) ऐसे त(cid:41)य(cid:42)

को (cid:12)यायालय या पुिलस अिधकार(cid:36) को (cid:23)कट करने से िनवा(cid:43)रत हो

(4) Applicant shall not directly or indirectly attempt to

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