Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No.36920 of 2024; decided 26-06-2024; Justice Anjani Kumar Sharan; anticipatory bail rejected; Jhanjharpur Excise P.S. Case No. 39 of 2024; Madhubani; Bihar Excise (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2018; Sections 30(a), 32(1), 32(3); 189 liters nepali liquor; recovery from hut east of petitioner's house; general and omnibus allegation; no recovery from conscious possession; one criminal antecedent; Manna Lal Mahto @ Mana Lal Mahto; State of Bihar.
What did the court decide?
On consideration of the facts and circumstances, and specifically because illicit liquor was said to have been recovered from the house of the petitioner, the Judge was not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail. ¶17