Sheonarayan Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.61157 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-189 Year-2022 Thana- BAIKUNTHPUR District- Gopalganj ====================================================== SHEONARAYAN MANJHI Son of Amrika Manjhi R/V- Baikunthpur, P.sBaikunthpur, dist- Gopalganj, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Indrajeet Bhushan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, A.P.P ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 22-11-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of two cases and allegation is of recovery of 20 liters of liquor at village Baikunthpur. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, it is next submitted that even the alleged recovery is from a place which is accessible to public at large and does not belong to the petitioner and he came to be implicated at the instance of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.61157 of 2022(2) dt.22-11-2022 2/2 Chowkidar because of his antecedent.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Baikunthpur P.S. Case No. 189 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T