Gardan Manjhi @ Ramashish Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.47019 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -335 Year- 2018 Thana -BODHGAYA District- GAYA ======================================================

1. Gardan Manjhi @ Ramashish Manjhi, Son of Nageshwar Manjhi, resident of Village- Suryapura, P.S.- Bodh Gaya, Dist.- Gaya. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Prithivi Raj Singh For the State : Renu Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-08-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Section-30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The prosecution case, in short, is that 15 liters wine is recovered.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The name of the petitioner has transpired as out of 15 litres; five litres wine was recovered from joint house of the petitioner where other family members also reside. Except for this, there is no other substantive

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.47019 of 2018 (2) dt.02-08-2018 evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. It is alleged that 5 liters wine is recovered from joint house of the petitioner. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner 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 petitioner is named in the F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/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) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, Excise, Gaya in connection with Bodh Gaya P.S. Case No. 335 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) A.K.V./- U T