Manish Singh @ Manish Kumar @ Sonam Jee @ Sanam Jee v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36911 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-264 Year-2025 Thana- EXCISE UDAKISHUNGANJ DistrictMadhepura ====================================================== Manish Singh @ Manish Kumar @ Sonam Jee @ Sanam Jee S/o Sanjay Singh @ Sanjay Kumar Singh Resident of - Ward No.- 8, Khurhan Malik, P.S.- Alamnagar, District- Madhepura ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Saket Tiwary For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Braj Kishore Pd.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 29-06-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 45 of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case and the informant alleges that on 27.12.2025 he got a secret information that petitioner along with other co-accused are selling liquor at Khurhan Ward No.8, Alamnagar, Madhepura, accordingly a raid was conducted but then people gathered and abused the raiding team and also tried to confine them inside the house and assaulted them.

4. Learned counsel submits that petitioner has been

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36911 of 2026(2) dt.29-06-2026 2/3 falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that petitioner being brother of Chotu Singh came to be implicated without holding a proper investigation. It is reiterated and submitted that specific information regarding selling liquor was against Chotu Singh.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5000/- (Rupees five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Udakishunganj Excise P.S. Case No.264/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

7. It is made clear that the learned trial court thereafter shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than one case, in that event, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his antecedent before this court, as such, the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36911 of 2026(2) dt.29-06-2026 3/3 provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if on verification it is found that petitioner has antecedent of one case, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T