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2025 DAILYLAW 111473 (PAT)

Harendra Manjhi v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./37789/2025 · 2025-10-13

Sunil Dutta Mishra

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37789 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-618 Year-2024 Thana- HARSIDHI District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1. Harendra Manjhi S/o Jadu Manjhi Resident of village- Ujjain Lohiyar Ghusiyar Mushari tola, P.S.- Harsidhi, District- East Champaran. 2. Sanjay Manjhi S/o Vishwanath Manjhi R/o vill - Ujjain Lohiyar Ghusiyar Mushari Tola, P.S.- Harsidhi, Distt.- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Aryan Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Ms. Gulnar Begum, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 5 13-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Harsidhi P.S. Case No. 618 of 2024, instituted for the offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. There is recovery of 25 litres of country made liquor from the house of Petitioner No. 1. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. Petitioners were not present at the place of occurrence. The house is joint family property. Petitioners have no concern Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37789 of 2025(5) dt.13-10-2025 2/2 with the seized liquor. Petitioners are labourers. They stayed Delhi for their livelihood and on the basis of suspicion their name has falsely been implicated in this case. No incriminating material has been recovered from possession of petitioners. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent. They undertake to co- operate in the investigation and trial. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners. 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 Petitioners, above-named, be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, Excise Court No.-1, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Harsidhi P.S. Case No. 618 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482 (2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.), 2023. rakhi/- (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J.) U T