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2025 DAILYLAW 89167 (PAT)

Dharmendra Kumar @ Dharmendra Manjhi v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./151/2025 · 2025-02-04

Prabhat Kumar Singh

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.151 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-223 Year-2023 Thana- BIHTA District- Patna ====================================================== Dharmendra Kumar @ Dharmendra Manjhi S/o- Late Basu Manjhi Resident of village- Neura PS- Bihta(Neura) Distrrict- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs. Gulnar Begum, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-02-2025 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 the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act. 3. As per the prosecution case, 38 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 conscious possession of the petitioner and he is no way connected with the aforesaid recovery. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State submits that 38 liters illicit liquor was recovered from the house of petitioner and he has got one criminal antecedent of similar nature. He further submits that this application for grant of anticipatory bail to the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.151 of 2025(2) dt.04-02-2025 2/2 petitioner is not maintainable 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