Patna High CourtCR. MISC./44737/2025bail granted

Manoranjan Jha v. The State Of Bihar

2025-07-24Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44737 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-373 Year-2024 Thana- DALSINGHSARAI District- Samastipur ====================================================== Manoranjan Jha S/o Dilip Kumar Jha @ Dilip Jha R/o village - Chaklokman , Police Station - Dalsingsarai , District - Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Mahendra Pratap, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar Pandey, Adv.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 24-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Dalsingsarai P.S. Case No. 373 of 2024 dated 03.12.2024 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 151.38 litres of illicit foreign liquor was recovered from the Mahindra vehicle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the said vehicle as stated in para-10 of the bail petition. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44737 of 2025(2) dt.24-07-2025 2/2 The petitioner has no concern with the alleged recovery. The co-accused person has already been granted regular bail by this court vide order dated 17.07.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 39129/2025. The petitioner has two criminal antecedents as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 28.04.2025.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Samastipur in connection with Dalsingsarai P.S. Case No. 373 of 2024.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Gautam/- U T