Chhote Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No. 46213 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -323 Year- 2016 Thana -FATUHA District- PATNA ====================================================== Chhote Manjhi son of Late Bilas Manjhi, Resident of village Raypura, P.S. Fatuha, District Patna.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ravi Kant Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Kanhaiya Kishore ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 2.

25-10-2016 Heard Sri Ravi Kant Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The sole petitioner, who is in custody since 27-08-2016 in Fatuha P.S. Case No. 323 of 2016 registered for offence under Sections 47, 54 of the Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016, has prayed for grant of bail.

By way of referring to statement made in paragraph - 3 of the petition, it was submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is having clean antecedent and he has falsely been implicated in the present case. He submits that in the F.I.R., recovery of about 10 litres of country-made Mahua liquor has been shown.

Learned Addl. Public Prosecutor has opposed the prayer for bail.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.46213 of 2016 (2) dt.25-10-2016 2/2 Keeping in view nature of accusation, period of custody and clean antecedent of the petitioner, let the petitioner namely Chhote Manjhi be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Mr. Jabin Jamal, learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Patna City (Patna) in connection with Fatuha P.S. Case No. 323 of 2016.

(Rakesh Kumar, J.) Anay U T