Manoranjan Singh @ Manoranjan Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.11507 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -2 Year- 2018 Thana -MASRAKH District- SARAN ====================================================== Manoranjan Singh @ Manoranjan Kumar Singh Son of Paras Singh, Resident of Village-Gopalbari, Police Station Masharakh, Distrist-Saran (Chapra).

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sachida Nand Rai For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Panchanand Pandit ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 27-02-2018 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State.

This is an application for grant of anticipatory bail in connection with Mashrakh P.S. Case No.02 of 2018 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a), 30(c), 45, 47 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 1131.840 litres of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from the truck and its driver, namely, Shyam Sundar was apprehended who disclosed the name of several accused persons including the petitioner as the purchaser of the said liquor.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that no incriminating article has been recovered from his

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11507 of 2018 (2) dt.27-02-2018 2/2 conscious physical possession. He has been falsely implicated in this case due to dirty village politics. He has no concern with the seized liquor or with any trade of liquor. He has no criminal antecedent. Similarly situated co-accused Dhanu Pratap Singh has been granted anticipatory bail in Cr. Misc. No.7360 of 2018. Considering the nature of accusation and the fact that, prima facie, no case is made out for the offences punishable under the Excise Act, I deem it fit and proper to admit the petitioner herein to the privilege of anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order on furnishing bail bond of Rs.

10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of 6th Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, Excise, Chapra, District- Saran in connection with Mashrakh P.S. Case No.02 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Mohit Kumar Shah, J) N.H./- U T