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Raj Kishore Tiwari @ Mantu Tiwarii v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC2 May 2025CR. MISC./10611/2025

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Petitioner apprehending arrest under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act for alleged involvement in recovery of 1207 litres of illicit liquor sought anticipatory bail. His name surfaced only through a co-accused's confession and he had clean antecedents. Bail granted with conditions including a charitable deposit and weekly police-station attendance.

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Anticipatory bail granted; petitioner to be released on bail of Rs.10,000 with two like sureties, conditional on Rs.25,000 deposit at Ramakrishna Mission, Varanasi, and weekly Sunday attendance at Raj

Raj Kishore Tiwari @ Mantu Tiwarii Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2025)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10611 of 2025

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-238 Year-2024 Thana- RAJPUR District- Buxar

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Raj Kishore Tiwari @ Mantu Tiwarii S/O Ramashankar Tiwari Resident of Village- Dadar, P.S- Mohaniya, District- Kaimur.

... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anand Kumar Ojha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s: Mr. Suresh Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER

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2 02-05-2025

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and

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learned APP for the State.

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Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act.

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The recovery is of 1207 litres of illicit liquor from a vehicle.

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The petitioner is an accused in a case of Excise Act. Petitioner was not caught with the illicit liquor. His name transpired on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused. He has got clean antecedent.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready to donate Rs.25,000/- in some charitable

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10611 of 2025(2) dt.02-05-2025 2/3

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organization without accepting his guilt.

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Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for

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bail.

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Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner named above be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Excise Court, Buxar where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Rajpur P.S. Case No.238 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023.

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This is also subject to the condition that the petitioner shall deposit an amount of Rs.25,000/- in Ramakrishna Mission, Varanasi and produce the receipt of the same before the Court below. The bail bonds of the petitioner shall be accepted after verifying the genuineness of the receipt produced by the petitioner.

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As a condition of this order, the petitioner after being released on bail is directed to mark his attendance at Rajpur Police Station, Buxar on every Sunday of each month. Any

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10611 of 2025(2) dt.02-05-2025 3/3

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default in appearance at the police station will result in cancellation of bail bonds of the petitioner.

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(Sandeep Kumar, J)

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shikha/-

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Raj Kishore Tiwari @ Mantu Tiwarii v. The State of Bihar

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