Patna High CourtCR. MISC./13807/2025dismissed

Manish Pandey @ Manish Kumar Pandey v. The State Of Bihar

2025-03-06Mr. Justice Anjani Kumar Sharan2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13807 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-155 Year-2022 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Samastipur ====================================================== Manish Pandey @ Manish Kumar Pandey Son of Ram Naresh Pandey Resident of Village- Dharampur Bande, P.S.- Sahpur Patori, DistrictSamastipur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shanti Bhushan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Dilip Kumar No.1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 06-03-2025 Heard Mr. Shanti Bhushan Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Dilip Kumar No.1, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018.

3. 2548.440 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from a truck.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that no such occurrence as alleged ever took place. He is quite innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. No incriminating article has been recovered from his conscious physical possession. The allegation levelled against the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13807 of 2025(2) dt.06-03-2025 2/2 petitioner is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. The petitioner has seven criminal antecedents and out of seven , four are for similar nature of the offence. The petitioner has been languishing in custody since 21.12.2024.

5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the bail petition.

6. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The prayer for bail is hereby rejected. However, the petitioner would be at liberty to renew his prayer for bail after framing of charge. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Trivedi/- U T