Sahendra Manjhi @ Chotu Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24687 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-188 Year-2022 Thana- KADIRGANJ District- Patna ====================================================== Sahendra Manjhi @ Chotu Manjhi S/O Shiv Manjhi R/O Village-Agarpur Mushari, P.S.-Kadirganj, District-Patna ... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Satrudhan Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms.Sangeeta Sharma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 22-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act, 2018.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the allegation is of recovery of 04 litres of liquor from house of Sahendra Manjhi, 06 litres of liquor from Sunder Manjhi and 60 litres of mahua was destroyed.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even the alleged recovery is from place, which does not belong to the petitioner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24687 of 2023(2) dt.22-05-2023 2/2 and he came to be implicated based on secret information, when admittedly petitioner is a person with clean antecedent. Learned A.P.P. opposes the bail application.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge Excise Act, Patna in connection with Kadirganj P. S. Case No.188 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T