Raju Ranjan @ Rajuranjan Kumar @ Rajiv Ranjan Kumar Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.517 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-311 Year-2019 Thana- TARAIYA District- Saran ====================================================== 1.

Raju Ranjan @ Rajuranjan Kumar @ Rajiv Ranjan Kumar Manjhi Son of Sita Ram Manjhi 2.

Raviranjan @ Ravi Ranjan Kumar Manjhi @ Raviranjan Kumar Son of Sita Ram Manjhi Both are residents of Village - Dhenuki, P.S.- Marhowrah, District- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Alok Kumar Alok For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ram Bachan Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 18-02-2020 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

Petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

60 litres of illicit liquor from Alto car and 1200 litres of illicit liquor from Bolero Pick-up van have been recovered. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the present case is false and fabricated and petitioners have falsely been implicated in this case on the basis of confessional statement of the co-accused. It has further been submitted that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners and they have no concern with the alleged

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.517 of 2020(2) dt.18-02-2020 2/2 recovery. It has further been submitted that the petitioners are neither owner nor driver of the vehicles. It has further been submitted that no case under Excise Act is made made out against the petitioner. The petitioners have no criminal antecedent.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as nature of accusation, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, let the above named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bailbond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned 2nd Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, Excise, Saran at Chapra in connection with Taraiya P.S. Case No. 311 of 2019, on the following conditions:-

(1) Petitioners shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court and shall remain physically present as directed by the Court and their absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, their bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below.

(2) If the petitioners tamper with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) S.Katyayan/- U T