Deepu Manjhi @ Dipu Kumar Manjhi @ Dipu Kumar Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6352 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-458 Year-2023 Thana- MIRGANJ District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Deepu Manjhi @ Dipu Kumar Manjhi @ Dipu Kumar Paswan Son of Late Raj Kishor Manjhi (Adhar Card 06.07.2006), Resident of Village - Nautan, P.S. - Nautan, District - Siwan, Bihar, 841243 ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Arun Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 31-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

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The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Mirganj P.S. Case No. 458 of 2023 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

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The prosecution case, in short, is that total 57.20 litres of liquor was recovered from motorcycle. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged against him and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner has no knowledge and concern with the alleged recovery. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. It is submitted that motorcycle in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6352 of 2025(2) dt.31-01-2025 2/2 question does not belong to the petitioner. It is further submitted that apprehend co-accused disclosed the name of the petitioner. The petitioner has two criminal antecedents in which he is on bail. There is no compliance of Section 103 of B.N.S.S. Other co-accused has been granted regular bail passed by this Court vide order dated 22.02.2024 in Cr. Misc. No. 11082 of 2024. 5.

On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner. 6.

Considering the rival submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or 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.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Mirganj P.S. Case No. 458 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Raj Ranjan/- U T