Manjur Miyan @ Manjur Mian v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15451 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-25 Year-2024 Thana- FOREST (GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL) District- West Champaran ====================================================== Manjur Miyan @ Manjur Mian Son of Jalul Mian @ Ejajul Mian Resident of Village- Parsauni, P.S.- Sahodara, Distt.- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Alexander Ashok, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 2, 33, 41, 42 of the Indian Forest (Bihar Amendment) Act and Sections 2, 27, 29, 31, 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act.
3. As per prosecution case, on secret information, a raid was conducted in the shop of this petitioner on 26.03.2024 and illegal Sal wood was recovered from his shop.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. The alleged shop is in the name of Abdul Faiz who is son of this petitioner and the shop was established under Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) with whom petitioner has got
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15451 of 2025(2) dt.07-04-2025 2/2 no concern. Petitioner has been made accused in this case merely because he is father of Abdul Faiz. He further submits that seizure list was signed by the forest officials and none of the independent witnesses have signed the same. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances and also clean antecedent, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest /surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Forest Case No. 25F of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Ranjeet/- U T