Manoj Sahni @ Manoj Sahani v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69667 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-280 Year-2023 Thana- KISHANGANJ District- Kishanganj ====================================================== Manoj Sahni @ Manoj Sahani S/o- Yogendra Sahni Village- Rollbagh ward no-30 PS- Kishanganj, Dist- Kishanganj.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Gauri Shankar Gupta, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 13-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Kishanganj P.S. Case No. 280 of 2023, instituted for the offence under Sections 30(a), 32, 41, 47 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. On secret information, on conducting raid at the marked place, police party recovered total 22.305 litres illicit liquor from a Scooty bearing Registration No. BR37AC 0299 and a Duratec Car bearing Registration No. WB24K 2772. One person, namely, Prakash Pal was apprehended on the spot.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. In fact, petitioner's implication in the present case is based

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69667 of 2025(2) dt.13-10-2025 2/2 on the agreement deed on non-judicial stamp paper which has been produced by the scrap dealer claiming that he had transferred the seized Duratec car to the petitioner. No incriminating material has been recovered from possession of the petitioner. He has no concern with the seized liquor or the vehicle concerned. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent. He undertakes to co-operate in the investigation and trial.

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

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the Petitioner, above-named, be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Judge Excise-I, Kishanganj in connection with Kishanganj P.S. Case No. 280 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482 (2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.), 2023.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J.) rakhi U T