Rajgir Manjhi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11018 of 2024, decided 01-03-2024 by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma (oral order); arising out of Parasbigha P.S. Case No.250/2023, Thana Parasbigha, District Jehanabad. Petitioner Rajgir Manjhi s/o Vaishakhi Manjhi granted anticipatory bail for offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018; counsel argued clean antecedents, recovery of 25 litres of liquor from place outside the house, not from conscious possession, implicating via secret information; A.P.P. Sanjay Kumar opposed; release conditioned on arrest/surrender within six weeks, bail bonds Rs.500/- with two like sureties before Special Judge Excise-1, Jehanabad, subject to Section 438 (2) Cr.P.C.; advocates: Paras Nath for petitioner.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be released upon arrest or surrender within six weeks, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.500/- (Rupees five hundred) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge Excise-1, Jehanabad, in connection with Parasbigha P.S. Case No.250/2023, subject to conditions under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.