Manish Kumar Ray @ Manish Kumar @ Manish Ray v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.12066 of 2025, decided 09-05-2025 by Smt. Justice Soni Shrivastava (oral order). Anticipatory bail application allowed for petitioners Manish Kumar Ray and Saroj Kumar Ray in connection with Samastipur Sadar Excise P.S. Case No.329 of 2024, District Samastipur, under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018, arising from recovery of 34.560 liters of foreign liquor from a hut like structure. Keywords: anticipatory bail; Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.; Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2018; foreign liquor recovery; hut like structure; confidential information; village Chaukidar; criminal antecedents; 15-day appearance before Officer-in-Charge; bail bond Rs.10,000 with two sureties.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to both petitioners in connection with Samastipur Sadar Excise P.S. Case No.329 of 2024, on bail bond of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions and further conditions (cooperation in investigation/trial; expeditious verification of antecedents with cancellation of bond if concealed; appearance before Officer-in-Charge every 15 days till charge-sheet).