IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.54399 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-963 Year-2021 Thana- TURKAULIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ramchandra Manjhi @ Ramchandra Majhi S/o Baidhnath Manjhi Resident of village- Khagani Musahari Tola, PS- Turkaulia, Distt.- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Sagar Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ashok Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 2 13-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in Turkauliya P.S. case No. 963 of 2021 instituted for the offences under Sections 272, 273, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 30(a), 32 and 41(1) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 15 liters liquor was recovered from the bank of river where 800 liters jawa was also destroyed by the police. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.54399 of 2025(2) dt.13-08-2025 2/2 has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. It is further submitted that the name of the petitioner has transpired on the basis of disclosure made by local chowkidar. Further, recovery is made from an open place accessible to one and all. The petitioner is in custody since 18.05.2025 and has got no criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of B.N.S.S., 2023. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, clean antecedent and the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. 7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.15,000/- (Fifteen thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Turkauliya P.S. case No. 963 of 2021. Pankaj/- (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) U T