Ranjeet Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58985 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-309 Year-2022 Thana- GOPALPUR District- Patna ====================================================== 1.

RANJEET MANJHI Son of Late Laldhari Manjhi Resident of SakinManoharpur, Kachuara, P.S.- Gopalpur, District- Patna. 2.

RAJBALLABH MANJHI Son of Ranjeet Manjhi Resident of SakinManoharpur, Kachuara, P.S.- Gopalpur, District- Patna. 3.

SUNITA DEVI Wife of Rajballabh Manjhi Resident of Sakin- Manoharpur, Kachuara, P.S.- Gopalpur, District- Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Raj Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Rita Verma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 02-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State through virtual court proceedings. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 325, 332, 307, 353, 427 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 30(a)(c)/45 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

13 litres of illicit country made liquor and 1000 litres of Jawa Mahua was recovered from the house of the co-accused. The petitioner and other co-accused persons are said to have assaulted the police party.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58985 of 2022(2) dt.02-12-2022 2/3 Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the present case. It is submitted that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail application. It is further submitted that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. Petitioners are agree to deposit a sum of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna, bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC Code: PUNB0141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.

Taking into consideration the fact that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioners, let petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- (rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge (Excise), Patna in connection with Gopalpur P.S. Case No.309 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as subject to the further conditions that:

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58985 of 2022(2) dt.02-12-2022 3/3 (i) One of the bailors will be own blood relative of the petitioners, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or their wives.

(ii) The petitioners shall not indulge themselves in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial. The bail bond of the petitioners shall be accepted by the learned court below on showing receipts of deposit of the aforesaid amount in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Sanjay/- U T