Sandeep Manjhi @ Sandeep Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59771 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-156 Year-2025 Thana- BODHGAYA District- Gaya ====================================================== Sandeep Manjhi @ Sandeep Kumar S/o Kailash Manjhi @ Kaila Manjhi R/o Village - Janpur, P.S - Bodhgaya, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sheikh Arkan Ahmad, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Sunil Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER 22-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail, apprehending his arrest, in connection with Bodhgaya P.S. Case No.156 of 2025, dated 06.03.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.

3. As per allegation, 45 litre of illicit liquor has been recovered from the toilet room. As per further case of the prosecution, as per secret information, the petitioner is one of those accused persons, who used to store illicit liquor in the toilet room for the sake of sale.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59771 of 2025(2) dt.22-09-2025 2/3 case. He further submits that the petitioner has nothing to do with the alleged offence and there is no legal material on record to establish connection between the petitioner and the alleged offence. He further submits that no prima facie case is made out against the petitioner and hence, anticipatory bail petition is maintainable.

5. It is also stated in paragraph no. 2 of the bail petition that the petitioner has not moved this Court earlier either for anticipatory bail or regular one in the instant case.

6. It has further been stated in paragraph no.3 of the bail petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents.

7. However, learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer of the Petitioner for bail.

8. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed, directing the petitioner, above-named, to be enlarged on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on his furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000 /- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned concerned Court Below, in connection with Bodhgaya P.S. Case No.156 of 2025, subject to the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59771 of 2025(2) dt.22-09-2025 3/3 conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 and on the following conditions:

(i) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that the petitioner has any criminal antecedents, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner after hearing him and getting satisfied that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedents despite his knowledge of the same.

(ii) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that statement regarding previous bail petition is wrong, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. (Jitendra Kumar, J) shoaib/- U T