IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26656 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-17 Year-2025 Thana- JAYNAGAR District- Madhubani ====================================================== Manoj Mandal @ Manoj Kumar Mandal S/o- Bhogi Mandal Resident of Village- Dullipatti, P.S.- Jaynagar, District- Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shailendra Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ram Anurag Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 274, 275, 317(5), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per prosecution case, 33.4 liters illicit liquor was recovered from the house of petitioner. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that no incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and he is no way connected with the aforesaid recovery. Petitioner has been made accused only on suspicion. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State submits that 33.4 liters illicit liquor was recovered from the house of the petitioner and Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26656 of 2025(2) dt.06-05-2025 2/2 he has got two criminal antecedents of similar nature. He further submits that petitioner is not entitled to the privilege of anticipatory bail in view of Full Bench decision of this Court rendered in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. The State of Bihar reported in 2019(2) P.L.J.R. 1089 (F.B.). 6. Considering the aforesaid facts, anticipatory bail application of the petitioner is rejected. Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T