Mohammed Akbar Mansuri @ Md. Akbar Mansuri @ Akbar Mansuri v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11125 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-26 Year-2022 Thana- ARWAL District- Jehanabad ====================================================== Mohammed Akbar Mansuri @ Md. Akbar Mansuri @ Akbar Mansuri Son of Late Haji Md. Islam Mansuri @ Late Md. Islam Mansuri village- Ward no. 22, Near JK College, Ps- Purulia, Dist- Purulia West Bengal ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Tabish Sharfuddin For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Pramod Kumar Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 08-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. A perusal of the First Information Report and the seizure list would go to show that 54.375 liters of foreign liquor has been recovered from a Santro car and one Niraj Kumar was apprehended at the place of occurrence.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has surfaced in this case on account of the fact that he is the registered owner of the seized vehicle bearing Registration No. JH-01Q-8714. However, it is submitted that the said vehicle had been stolen and information with regard to the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11125 of 2025(3) dt.08-05-2025 2/3 same was given before the concerned police station on 15.09.2020 vide Purulia Town P.S., G.DE No. 759. Further, it has also been submitted that the apprehended accused also did not take the name of the petitioner and rather took the names of two other accused persons being Aman Kumar Yadav and Guddu Sah and both of them have been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 21.06.2023 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 34773 of 2023. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the application for anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the above-mentioned facts and circumstances, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten 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 Arwal P.S. Case No. 26 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S. and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11125 of 2025(3) dt.08-05-2025 3/3 subject to the further condition that:- (i) The petitioner shall cooperate in the investigation/trial.
(ii) The court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, it is expected that the verification process would be done expeditiously without causing any delay. (Soni Shrivastava, J) devendra/- U T