Manisha Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30299 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-376 Year-2026 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Kishanganj ====================================================== Manisha Kumari D/o Sakaldeep Paswan @ Sakaldip Paswan R/o Village - Donak Chowk Road Prabhat Colony, P.S. - K.Hat, District - Purnea. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rajeev Ranjan, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-05-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Madya Nisedh P.S. Case No. 376 of 2026 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a) and 32(2) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, as amended uptodate.

3. Allegation is of recovery of 90 litres of foreign liquor from a car bearing Registration No. BR11BT4892.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in the case. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or trade of liquor in any manner. He is the owner of the motorcycle and he had given his motorcycle to one Kanhaiya Kumar who was apprehended on the spot. The

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30299 of 2026(2) dt.13-05-2026 2/2 petitioner has clean antecedent.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner.

6. Having heard the rival submissions made on behalf of the parties, as well as, having perused the allegation made in the F.I.R., the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned District Court where the case is pending in connection with Madya Nisedh P.S. Case No. 376 of 2026, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C / Section 482 (2) BNSS.

7. The District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner is involved in some other cases as what has been stated in Para3 of the bail petition, this order will automatically lose its force.

8. The bail application stands disposed of.

(Purnendu Singh, J) mantreshwar/- U T