Manoj Manjhi @ Manoj Manzi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66596 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-112 Year-2022 Thana- CHANAN District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== MANOJ MANJHI @ MANOJ MANZI S/O Narayan Manjhi R/O VillageMananpur Basti, P.S- Chanan, District- Lakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shailendra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 16-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through virtual Court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30 (a) (b) & (c) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that no incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner rather 14 liters of country made liquor is said to have been recovered from the house of the petitioner. He has no concern either with the seized liquor or the place of recovery or any trade of liquor. He has been falsely implicated in this case at the instance of his enemy. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of this application.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66596 of 2022(2) dt.16-12-2022 2/2 Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case as well as the fact that the alleged recovery has been made from the house of the petitioner, I am not inclined to enlarge him on anticipatory bail.

The prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected.

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