Manoj Kumar @ Moje Ray @ Manoj Ray v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69442 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-167 Year-2025 Thana- JURAWANPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Manoj Kumar @ Moje Ray @ Manoj Ray S/o- Radhe Ray @ RAdhe Shyam Ray At present Resident of Katra Bazar Samiti, P.S.- Didarganj, Dist- Patna and Permanent Resident of Vill- Bishnpur Said Ali Bhatan Tola, P.S- Bidupur, Dist-Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Aniket Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Akbar Ali, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 09-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case instituted under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per prosecution case, total 20 litres illicit liquor was recovered from a plastic bag kept on a motorcycle.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the seized motorcycle. Petitioner was not apprehended on the spot. Nothing has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. Except secret information, there is nothing material against the petitioner. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69442 of 2025(2) dt.09-10-2025 2/2 similar nature in which he is on bail. Petitioner undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and the trial.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.
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 be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court concerned, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Jurawanpur P.S. Case No.167 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) Harish/- U T