Rahul Manjhi @ Rahul Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.874 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-377 Year-2024 Thana- PUNPUN District- Patna ====================================================== Rahul Manjhi @ Rahul Kumar S/o- Late Ravindra Manjhi Resident of Village- Allaudin Chak Mushari PS-Punpun Dist- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rakesh Bihari Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nand Kumar , APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State .

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30 (a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016 .

3 . It is alleged that 14 liters of country made liquor was recovered from behind the house of petitioner .

4. It is submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case only on the basis of suspicion . No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and he is no way connected with the aforesaid recovery . Petitioner claims clean antecedent.

5 . Learned counsel for the State opposes the bail

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.874 of 2025(2) dt.10-02-2025 2/2 petition .

6. Considering the facts of the case , in the event of arrest/surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioner, above named, 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 the learned Court of Special Judge Excise ( ii ) Patna in connection with Pun - Pun Police Station Case No. 377 of 2024 , subject to the conditions laid down under section 482 ( 2 ) of BNSS 2023 . (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T