Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 77961 of 2025 (decided 01-12-2025) by Justice Satyavrat Verma; Kamlesh Manjhi v. The State of Bihar; anticipatory bail under BNSS; offence under Section 30(a) Bihar Excise Act; Shakurabad P.S. Case No. 178 of 2025, Jehanabad; alleged recovery of 19 litres of liquor from straw room; plea that recovery was planted and outside conscious possession; provisional anticipatory bail granted on bail bond of Rs. 5,000 with two sureties; confirmation conditional on verification of criminal antecedents (one case: confirmed forthwith; more than one case: presumed concealment, not confirmed); Section 482(2) BNSS conditions.
What did the court decide?
Provisional anticipatory bail: petitioner to be released on arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within six weeks, on bail bonds of Rs. 5,000 with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS conditions; confirmation of the provisional bail made subject to trial court verification of criminal antecedents.