Suraj Manjhi @ Suraj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27484 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-309 Year-2022 Thana- PANCHRUKHI District- Siwan ====================================================== 1.

SURAJ MANJHI @ SURAJ KUMAR S/O RAMAN MANJHI R/O VillageGharthawalia, P.S- Pachrukhi, Distt.- Siwan. 2.

Sajjan Manjhi @ Sajjan Kumar Manjhi S/O Raman Manjhi R/O VillageGharthawalia, P.S- Pachrukhi, Distt.- Siwan. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Mithilesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nagendra Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 17-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 41(i) of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 20 liters of liquor from Banswari. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from their conscious possession, it is next submitted that they are not the owner of the Banswari rather

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27484 of 2023(2) dt.17-05-2023 2/2 they came to be implicated at the instance of chowkidar who with a view to save real culprits falsely implicated them, when petitioners are persons with clean antecedent. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Pachrukhi P.S. Case No. 309 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Adnan/- U T