Manish Mandal @ Manish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.40684 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-43 Year-2025 Thana- Shivnarayanpur District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Manish Mandal @ Manish Kumar S/o Bidur Mandal, R/o Village- Rampur, P.S.- Shivnarayanpur, Dist.- Bhagalpur.

... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Davendra Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Indu Kumari Srivastava, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 01-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, 15.250 litres of illicit country made liquor has been recovered from the house of the petitioner, kept under the cot.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State submits that 15.250

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40684 of 2025(2) dt.01-07-2025 2/2 liters of illicit country made liquor was recovered from the house of the petitioner. He further submits that petitioner is not entitled to the privilege of anticipatory bail in view of Full Bench decision of this Court rendered in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. The State of Bihar reported in 2019(2) P.L.J.R. 1089 (F.B.).

6. Considering the aforesaid decision of this Court, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner is rejected. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Shahnawaz/- U T