Suraj Manjhi @ Suraj Kumar @ Suraj Kumar Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42258 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-94 Year-2025 Thana- SIKANDRA District- Jamui ====================================================== Suraj Manjhi @ Suraj Kumar @ Suraj Kumar Manjhi Son of Dijal Manjhi Village- Rampur Ghosh Ps-Sikandra Dist- Jamui ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ram Anurag Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 05-08-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Sikandra P.S. Case no.94 of 2025 registered under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

3. As per the prosecution case, a secret information having been received that the petitioner is involved in the business of liquor, the police party conducted raid and 10 liters of country made liquor was recovered from the house of the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it would be apparent from the seizure list that only name of the village has been specified and no reference was made with regard to the house of the petitioner therein. No recovery has been made from the physical or conscious possession of the petitioner.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42258 of 2025(3) dt.05-08-2025 2/2 Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that no independent witness is there on the seizure list further indicating violation of mandatory provisions of the B.N.N.S. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent and undertakes to cooperate in the case/trial.

5. The application for anticipatory bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.

6. Considering the above mentioned facts and circumstances, it is directed that the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Sikandra P.S. Case no.94 of 2025 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S, 2023. (Soni Shrivastava, J) Harsh/- U T