Sadhu Manjhi @ Satrudhan Manjhi @ Satrudhan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66324 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-175 Year-2025 Thana- BHELDI District- Saran ====================================================== Sadhu Manjhi @ Satrudhan Manjhi @ Satrudhan S/o Ramchandra Manjhi, R/o Village- Raipura (Repura), P.S.- Bheldi, District- Saran at Chapra. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Ms. Shaheen Begum, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 24-09-2025 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Bheldi P.S. Case No. 175 of 2025, dated 23.06.2025, registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, 8 litres of illicit country made liquor was recovered from road (gali).

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. As per allegation in the FIR, 8 litres of illicit country made liquor was recovered from a road which is adjacent to the house of Chandeshwar Manjhi while this petitioner is in no way connected to the seized liquor and he resides near the place of occurrence and the petitioner at the time of seizure was at Noida

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66324 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 2/2 where the petitioner earns his livelihood by working as plumber mechanic. Name of petitioner sprung up in the present case on the basis of disclosure made by mahal chowkidar and the persons apprehended by the police. It is lastly submitted that petitioner claims clean antecedent.

5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that petitioner has clean antecedent and recovery has been made from an open place which is accessible to all, let the petitioner, above-named, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial Court within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge-I, Saran at Chapra, in connection with Bheldi P.S. Case No. 175 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. / Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. (Ajit Kumar, J) Shahnawaz/- U T