Siyaram Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9473 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1067 Year-2021 Thana- PHULWARISHARIF District- Patna ====================================================== SIYARAM MANJHI S/o Late Basudeo Manjhi R/o village- Govindpur, Masahari, P.S.- Phulwarisharif, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sheo Nandan Pandit, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Pradeep Narain Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 08-07-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 30(c), 32(iii) and 36 of the Bihar Excise Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 20 litres of liquor form the house of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, the house is a joint family property as such it cannot be alleged that it was the petitioner who had kept the liquor in the house, it is next submitted that the petitioner came to be implicated in the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9473 of 2022(2) dt.08-07-2022 2/2 present case by the local chowkidar with whom he was on an inimical term.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and the fact that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent, 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. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) 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 Phulwarisharif P.S. Case No. 1067 of 2021 Spl. Case No. 8225 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T