IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No 56129 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-205 Year-2019 Thana- BAHADURPUR District- Patna ====================================================== Ajay Manjhi @ Maina Son of Vakil Manjhi Resident of Village - Musahari Bahadurpur, Police Station - Bahadurpur, District - Patna. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Jay Ram Prasad For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Shyameshwar Dayal ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE RANJAN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 2 13-08-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP. 2 This application has been filed on behalf of the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail who is apprehending his arrest in connection with Bahadurpur PS Case No 205 of 2019 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 30 (a), 38 & 47 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 and Sections 272, 273 of the IPC. 3 The allegation in the FIR is of recovery of 57.500 liters of foreign liquor from two quarters and one hotel adjacent to the quarters situated at Bahadurpur. FIR further contains that when the police party reached the place, the residents of the quarters fled away whereas one person was arrested from the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56129 of 2026(2) dt.13-08-2026 2/3 hotel. Petitioner has been made an accused on the basis of secret information that he is the occupant of one of the two quarters and the seizure list also shows that the petitioner is the occupant of one of the quarters in which allegedly recovery was made. 4 The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in no way connected with the place from where the alleged recovery was made. Those quarters are meant for Government servants. Petitioner has been made an accused on the basis of secret information and the manner in which the petitioner has been implicated, i e on secret information, itself shows the false implication. Further submission is that the petitioner is having clean antecedent. 5 The learned counsel for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for bail. 6 Having considered the rival submissions and, in particular, that the petitioner is not the allottee of the quarters and he is having clean antecedent, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 7 Let the petitioner above named, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from today, be released on bail on his furnishing bonds of Rs 10,000/- (Rupees Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56129 of 2026(2) dt.13-08-2026 3/3 Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Judge, Excise, Patna in Bahadurpur PS Case No 205 of 2019 subject to all conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS. 8 This application is allowed. M.E.H./- (Ranjan Kumar Jha, J) U T