Ravi Manjhi @ Ravi Shankar Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87274 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-755 Year-2024 Thana- MASAUDHI District- Patna ====================================================== Ravi Manjhi @ Ravi Shankar Manjhi S/o Kamta Manjhi R/o Vill - Nadaul/ Musahari, P.S.- Masaurhi, Distt.- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Indu Kumari Srivastava, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 18-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. This application for grant of anticipatory bail arises out of Masaurhi Police Station Case No. 755 of 2024, disclosing offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act.

3. The prosecution case, as per the First Information Report, the police intercepted two persons and recovered illicit liquor from them and upon inquiry, they told that they have bought the liquor from the petitioner whose Sasural is in village Nadaul. On this information, the police raided the hut of the petitioner situated at Nadaul and recovered 30 litre of illicit liquor.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87274 of 2024(2) dt.18-01-2025 2/3

4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and he has been made accused on the basis of disclosure of his name by the coaccused from whom illicit liquor was recovered by the police. He further submits that the petitioner resides at Bihta and the illicit liquor has been recovered from a hut situated at Nadaul where the father-in-law of the petitioner and members of other family resides. He next submits that the illicit liquor has not been recovered from the place where the petitioner resides.

5. After having heard learned Counsel for the parties concerned and taking into consideration the fact that petitioner is not having criminal antecedent and he is resident of Bihta whereas the liquor has been recovered from the place where his Sasural is there, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail.

6. This application is, accordingly, allowed.

7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, 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 learned Court of Special Judge- Excise IIIrd Patna, in connection with Masaurhi Police Station Case No. 755

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87274 of 2024(2) dt.18-01-2025 3/3 of 2024, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438

(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) Siwani/- U T