Vishal Kumar @ Vishal Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49483 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-69 Year-2025 Thana- BHELDI District- Saran ====================================================== Vishal kumar @ Vishal Manjhi Son of Ramchandra Majhi village- Arna Loknathpur, Ps- Bheldi, Dist- Saran At Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Alok Kumar Alok For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Nand Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case in connection with Bheldi P.S. Case No. 69 of 2025 dated 12.03.2025 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, total 140 litres of illicit country made liquor was recovered from the sacks allegedly thrown by the petitioners from the two motorcycles.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The apprehended co-accused persons disclosed the name of the petitioner. The petitioner is neither the owner nor
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49483 of 2025(2) dt.08-08-2025 2/3 the driver of the said vehicle and he has no concern with the alleged recovery. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The co-accused persons have already been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 13.05.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 30692 of 2025. Learned counsel has submitted that no case is made out against the petitioner. Learned Counsel has relied on the judgment of Full Bench of Hon'ble Patna High Court in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. State of Bihar 2019
(2) PLJR 1089. The Full Bench in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav (supra) has held that an application for anticipatory bail in a case arising out of Bihar Excise and Prohibition Act can be maintained, despite the bar under Section 76 (2) of the Act, if on the basis of allegation made in the FIR, no offence under the said provision is made out.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner by submitting that the bar of Section 76(2) of the Act applies in this case.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the material available on record, let the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49483 of 2025(2) dt.08-08-2025 3/3 above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court concerned, Saran at Chapra in connection with Bheldi P.S. Case No. 69 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shivam/- U T