Sonu Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.88057 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-469 Year-2024 Thana- CHAPRA MUFFASIL District- Saran ====================================================== Sonu Manjhi Son of Lalan Manjhi Resident of Mohalla - Purvi Hemnagar, P.S. - Chapra Muffasil, District - Saran. At present residing at Mohalla - Ramnagar, Police Station - Chapra, Muffasil, District - Saran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Dhananjay Mishra For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Akshay Lal Pandit ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 08-01-2025 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of two cases and allegation is of recovery of 200 litres of liquor from a place near the house of Arjun Manjhi.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.88057 of 2024(2) dt.08-01-2025 2/2 and is accessible to public at large.

5.

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

6.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Chapra (M) P.S. Case No. 469 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

7.

It is made clear that the learned trial court before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that the petitioner has antecedent of more than two cases, in that event, the present anticipatory bail order shall not be given effect to.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) SUMIT/- U T