Bikram Manjhi @ Anuj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6489 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-806 Year-2024 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Nawada ====================================================== Bikram Manjhi @ Anuj Kumar Son of Shri Manjhi R/o - Bela, P.S - Nemdarganj, District - Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Mohammad Sufyan, 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.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Nawada Excise P.S. Case No. 806 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 30(c) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3.

The prosecution case, in short, is that 5 litres of country made liquor was recovered from bushes. 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 recovery is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6489 of 2025(2) dt.31-01-2025 2/2 made from an open place, which is accessible to one and all. It is further submitted that co-accused Santosh Manjhi disclosed the name of the petitioner. The petitioner has got one criminal antecedent 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 21.01.2025 in Cr. Misc. No. 1486 of 2025.

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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 Nawada Excise P.S. Case No. 806 of 2024, 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