Gopi Manjhi And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.29154 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -134 Year- 2017 Thana -SUGAULI DistrictEASTCHAMPARAN(MOTIHARI) ======================================================

1. Gopi Manjhi, S/o Late Khushi Manjhi,

2. Suresh Manjhi S/o Sitaram Manjhi @ Sitaram Manjhi, Both Residents of Vill.- Mushar Toli Chapra, P.S.- Sugauli, District- East Champaran. .... .... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioners : Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Arun Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-05-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 272, 273 of the I.P.C, 30(a) and 30(d) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. The prosecution story, in brief, is that total 3 liters wine is said to have been recovered.

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case. It is alleged that total 3 liters wine

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29154 of 2018 (2) dt.10-05-2018 2/2 is recovered from joint house of the petitioners. The name of the petitioners has come on the basis of alleged recovery made from joint house of the petitioners. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioners in this case. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. The petitioners had no knowledge regarding the alleged incident. There is no compliance of Section 100 Cr. P.C.

On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioners are named in the F.I.R/ Complaint Case. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioners above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, Excise, Motihari, East Champaran, in connection with Sugauli P.S. Case No. 134 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T