Jitendra Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32750 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-169 Year-2022 Thana- AGAMKUAN District- Patna ====================================================== JITENDRA MANJHI S/o Rajkumar Manjhi R/o village- Badi Pahari Musahari, P.S.- Agamkuan, District- Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Jay Ram Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Atul Chandra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 09-09-2022 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 offence punishable under Sections 30(a)/36 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

20 litres of country made Mahua liquor has been recovered from the conscious possession of Chandan Manjhi who disclosed the name of the petitioner. The petitioner is said to have fled away from the place of occurrence after seeing the police.

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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32750 of 2022(2) dt.09-09-2022 2/3 application. It is further submitted that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner is agree to deposit a sum of Rs. 20,000/- (rupees twenty 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 Court of Special Judge, Excise, Patna City in connection with Agamkuan P.S. Case No.169 of 2022 (PTN - 345 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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32750 of 2022(2) dt.09-09-2022 3/3 similar offence till conclusion of the trial. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Sanjay/- U T