Mahendra Manjhi @ Gahoo Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.13137 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -55 Year- 2017 Thana -KOPA District- SARAN ====================================================== Mahendra Manjhi @ Gahoo Manjhi, Son of Late Jaglal Manjhi, Resident of Villahe- Pokharbhinda Police Station Kopa, District- Saran, at Chapra. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Rajesh Roy, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Uday Pratap Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 12-03-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 272, 273 of the IPC, 30(a) and 33 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. The prosecution story, in brief, is that total 14 liters wine is said to have been recovered.

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. It is alleged that total 14 liters wine is recovered. As far as petitioner is concerned, only 5 liters wine is recovered from joint house of the petitioner. The

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13137 of 2018 (2) dt.12-03-2018 2/2 name of the petitioner has come on the basis of alleged recovery made from joint house of the petitioner where other family members also reside. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner had no knowledge regarding the alleged incident. There is no compliance of Section 100 Cr. P.C.

On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ Complaint Case. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.D.J. 6th, Saran at Chapra, in connection with Kopa P.S. Case No. 55 of 2017, corresponding to G. R. No. 3622 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T