Pappu Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna HC Crl. Misc. No.46473 of 2024 (decided 20-07-2024), Ramesh Chand Malviya, J. — anticipatory bail REJECTED for Pappu Manjhi in Turkauliya/Banjariya P.S. Case 323/2022, East Champaran; offences under Sections 30(a)(c) and 45, Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act; recovery of country-made liquor, Meetha liquid and copper article; FIR against five accused; decisive factor: two similar criminal antecedents of Excise Act; counsel's plea of false local politics and no conscious-possession recovery did not prevail; APP opposed on investigation grounds; impugned order dated 04.04.2024 perused. Keywords: anticipatory bail, Bihar Excise Act, Section 30(a)(c), Section 45, criminal antecedents, East Champaran.
What did the court decide?
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature of the allegation levelled against the petitioner, and the fact that the petitioner bears two criminal antecedents of a similar nature (Excise Act), the Court was not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.