Pramod Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50132 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-160 Year-2025 Thana- RIVILGANJ District- Saran ====================================================== Pramod Manjhi S/o Shivlal Manjhi Village- Kachnar, Police stationRevilganj, District- Saran (Chapra) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Brij Kishor Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sangeeta Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State .

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

3 . Prosecution case is that 14 liters of illicit liquor has been recovered from the house of this petitioner.

4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case . No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and he is no way connected with the aforesaid recovery . 5 . Learned counsel for the State submits that petitioner has got 2 criminal antecedents of similar nature . the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50132 of 2025(2) dt.23-07-2025 2/2 recovery has been made from the house of the petitioner. He further submits that petitioner is not entitled to the privilege 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, this pre-arrest bail petition is rejected.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T