2025: JHHC:10212 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A No. 885 of 2025 Maheshwar Manjhi, aged about 41 years, son of Sri Manjhi, resident of village Pachgawan, P.S. Akbarpur, District Nawada (Bihar)--- --- Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand --- --- Opp. Party --- CORAM: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ambuj Nath --- For the Petitioner: M/s Manoj Tandon, Siddharth Ranjan, Neha Bhardwaj, Advocate For the O.P-State: Mr. Suraj Deo Munda, A.P.P. --- 03 / 03.04.2025 Heard the parties. 2. Petitioner has been made accused in connection with Koderma P.S. Case No. 34 of 2021 for the offences registered under sections 272, 273 of the Indian Penal Code and section 47(a) of Excise Act, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma. 3. It was submitted that the petitioner is the driver of the truck from which huge quantity of foreign liquor was recovered. It was further submitted that the petitioner is in custody for more than six months. 4. Criminal antecedent report of the petitioner, earlier called for, has been received, from perusal of which, it appears that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. 6. In view of the submission made above, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma in connection with Koderma P.S. Case No. 34 of 2021. (Ambuj Nath, J) Ranjeet/ Uploaded