Balmiki Manjhi @ Balmiki Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53067 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-162 Year-2025 Thana- CHAKAND District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.

Balmiki Manjhi @ Balmiki chaudhary Son Of Tetar Manjhi Village -Simariya PS -Chakand District- Gaya 2.

Chitput Manjhi son of Ramjanam Manjhi Village -Simariya PS -Chakand District- Gaya 3.

Lakshman Manjhi @ Lakshman Kumar @ Laxhman Manjhi Son of Ajju Manjhi @ Aaju Manjhi Village -Simariya PS -Chakand District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-08-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022.

3. As per prosecution case, 420 litres of country made liquor was recovered from seized vehicles.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioners are neither owner nor driver of the vehicle in question and have been made an accused in this case merely on suspicion. Nothing has been recovered

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53067 of 2025(2) dt.07-08-2025 2/2 from the conscious possession of these petitioners. Petitioners claim clean antecedents.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

6. Considering the nature of accusation, fact that no incriminating article has been recovered from conscious possession of this petitioners and clean antecedents, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court of Exclusive Special Judge, Excise Court No. 4, Gaya in connection with Chakand P.S. Case No. 162 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..

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