Ganesh Kumar @ Manna v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2705 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-5 Year-2025 Thana- CHEWARA District- Sheikhpura ====================================================== Ganesh Kumar @ Manna Son of Palo Shankar Lal Resident of VillageHanuman Nagar, P.S.- Sector- 12, Bokaro Steel City Chas, District- Bokaro, Jharkhand ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms. Ankita Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Meena Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 19-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Chebra P.S. Case No. 5 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Sections 30(a), 32, 41(1) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act and Sections 336(3), 340(2), 338 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 564 litres of liquor was recovered from car.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. Learned counsel further submitted that petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the vehicle. The petitioner has got no
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2705 of 2026(2) dt.19-01-2026 2/2 concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned counsel, therefore, submitted that, prima-facie, no case is made out against the petitioner. The petitioner has one 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 Chebra P.S. Case No. 5 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T