Manjeet Ray v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4348 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2461 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Patna ====================================================== Manjeet Ray S/O Panchhi Ray R/O Sukumarpur, P.S.- Raghopur, Dist.- Vaishali. At Present Maruganj, P.S.- Malsalami, Dist.- Patna. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Nityanand Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Madan Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 30-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 2461/2025 instituted for the offences under Sections 30(a), 41 and 56(b) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 150 litres of liquor was recovered from CNG tempo.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. The apprehended person disclosed the name of the petitioner. Learned counsel, therefore, submitted that prima-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4348 of 2026(2) dt.30-01-2026 2/2 facie, no case is made out against the petitioner. The other coaccused person has already been granted bail by this court vide order dated 04.12.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 84224/2025. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 2461/2025 , subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) atul/- U T