Shivpujan Manjhi @ Sheopujan Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37411 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-27 Year-2025 Thana- Raghunathpur District- East Champaran ====================================================== Shivpujan Manjhi @ Sheopujan Manjhi S/O Sukhal Manjhi R/O Vill.- Balganga Pachhiyari Tola, P.S.- Raghunathpur, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Veena Kumari Jaiswal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 17-06-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Trial No. 830 of 2025 arising out of Raghunathpur P.S. Case No. 27 of 2025 instituted for the offences punishable under Section 30(a), 41(1) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that total 50 litres of liquor has been recovered from two gallons kept in the bushes.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner rather the recovery has been made
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37411 of 2025(2) dt.17-06-2025 2/2 from an open place. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. The petitioner is in custody since 16.02.2025 and has one criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.
7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Trial No. 830 of 2025 arising out of Raghunathpur P.S. Case No. 27 of 2025. (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T