Ranjit Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28851 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-65 Year-2022 Thana- MOTIHARI MUFASIL District- East Champaran ====================================================== RANJIT MANJHI S/o Meghu Manjhi R/o village- Bankat Bairiya, P.S.- Muffasil, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Abhishek Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Khurshid Anwar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 02-09-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 32 and 41(i) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

21.300 litres of country made liquor has been recovered from a bush behind the house of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail application. It is submitted that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner.

Petitioner is agree to deposit a sum of Rs. 10,000/-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28851 of 2022(2) dt.02-09-2022 2/2 (rupees ten thousand) in Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna, bearing Account No. 1413010060836, IFSC Code: PUNB0141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.

Taking into consideration the fact that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner, let petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No.1, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No.65 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as subject to the further conditions that:

(i) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or his wife. (ii) The petitioner shall not indulge himself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Sanjay/- U T