State of Bihar vs Sunil Chaudhari — 73/2004

Case under Excise Act (Bihar) Section 47a. Disposed: Contested--ACQUITTED on 10th March 2026.

Case disposed

Excise Act

CNR: BRRO010003842004

Filing Number

73/2004

Filing Date

12-Aug-2004

Registration No

73/2004

Registration Date

12-Aug-2004

Court

DJ Div. Rohtas

Judge

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Decision Date

10-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--ACQUITTED

Last updated 07-May-2026

FIR Details

FIR Number

24

Police Station

Madya NiShedh/Excise

Year

2004

Acts & Sections

Excise Act (Bihar) Section 47a

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.State of Bihar

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Sunil Chaudhari

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 10-Mar-2026

    AcquittalView PDF

    Summary: The Exclusive Special Excise Court, Rohtas acquitted Sunil Chaudhary of charges under Section 47(a) of the Bihar Excise Act 1915 for illegal possession and sale of liquor. The court found that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt due to critical evidentiary gaps: the seized liquor was never produced in court, the investigating officer was not examined, chemical examination reports were absent, and the only witness produced was declared hostile. Consequently, the accused was given the benefit of doubt and acquitted. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 10-Mar-2026

    Disposed

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  4. 09-Mar-2026

    Judgement

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  5. 09-Feb-2026

    Evidence

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  6. 28-Jan-2026

    Evidence

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  7. 06-Jan-2026

    Evidence

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  8. 28-Nov-2025

    Evidence

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  9. 07-Nov-2025

    Evidence

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  10. 25-Sep-2025

    Evidence

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  11. 18-Aug-2025

    Evidence

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  12. 30-Jul-2025

    Evidence

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  13. 21-Jul-2025

    Evidence

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  14. 02-Jun-2025

    Evidence

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  15. 07-Apr-2025

    Evidence

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  16. 07-Feb-2025

    Evidence

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  17. 10-Dec-2024

    Evidence

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  18. 05-Oct-2024

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  19. 08-Aug-2024

    Evidence

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  20. 19-Jun-2024

    Evidence

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  21. 03-Apr-2024

    Evidence

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  22. 25-Jan-2024

    Report

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  23. 23-Nov-2023

    Report

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  24. 26-Sep-2023

    Report

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  25. 17-Aug-2023

    Report

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  26. 07-Jul-2023

    Report

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  27. 30-May-2023

    Report

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  28. 18-Apr-2023

    Report

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  29. 23-Jan-2023

    Report

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  30. 04-Nov-2022

    Report

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  31. 07-Sep-2022

    Report

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  32. 28-Jul-2022

    Report

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  33. 21-Jun-2022

    Report

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  34. 10-May-2022

    Report

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  35. 23-Mar-2022

    Report

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  36. 07-Feb-2022

    Report

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  37. 16-Dec-2021

    Report

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  38. 25-Oct-2021

    Report

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  39. 31-Aug-2021

    Report

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  40. 17-Jul-2021

    Report

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  41. 07-Jun-2021

    Report

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  42. 20-Apr-2021

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  43. 02-Mar-2021

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  44. 18-Jan-2021

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  45. 13-Nov-2020

    Report

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  46. 06-Aug-2020

    Report

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  47. 04-May-2020

    Report

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  48. 07-Mar-2020

    Report

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  49. 21-Jan-2020

    Report

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  50. 18-Nov-2019

    Report

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  51. 11-Sep-2019

    Report

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  52. 16-Jul-2019

    Report

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  53. 23-May-2019

    Report

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  54. 09-Apr-2019

    Report

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  55. 12-Dec-2018

    Report

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  56. 18-Aug-2018

    Report

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  57. 29-Jun-2018

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  58. 12-Aug-2004

    Case filed

    Registration No. 73/2004

casestatus.in Summary

Summary: The Exclusive Special Excise Court, Rohtas acquitted Sunil Chaudhary of charges under Section 47(a) of the Bihar Excise Act 1915 for illegal possession and sale of liquor. The court found that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt due to critical evidentiary gaps: the seized liquor was never produced in court, the investigating officer was not examined, chemical examination reports were absent, and the only witness produced was declared hostile. Consequently, the accused was given the benefit of doubt and acquitted. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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