Arjun Manjhi @ Tetar Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1804 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-469 Year-2024 Thana- CHAPRA MUFFASIL District- Saran ====================================================== 1.

Arjun Manjhi @ Tetar Manjhi Son of Shivanath Manjhi Resident of Village - Purvi Hemnagar Saran, Police Station - Mufassil, District - Saran at Chapra 2.

Rajwansi Manjhi @ Nanhak Manjhi Son of Shivanath Manjhi Resident of Village - Purvi Hemnagar Saran, Police Station - Mufassil, District - Saran at Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Avinash Kumar Pandey, Advocate Mr. Aashish Kumar, Advocate Ms. Akanksha Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Arun Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered under Section 30(a) of Bihar Excise Act.

3. As per prosecution case, 200 liters illicit liquor has been recovered near the house of these petitioners.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the present case merely on suspicion. Further submission is that the recovery of illicit liquor has been made from an open place. Nothing has been recovered from the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1804 of 2025(2) dt.11-02-2025 2/2 conscious possession of the petitioners. Petitioners do not have criminal antecedent of similar nature.

5. Learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioners.

6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of eight weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000 (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Exclusive Special Excise Judge-I, Saran at Chapra, in connection with Chapra Mufassil P.S. Case No. 469 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) utkarsh/- U T