Santosh Kumar Manjhi @ Santosh Manjhi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; CRL.M./CR. MISC. No.17491 of 2026; decision dt.19-03-2026; Justice Satyavrat Verma (single Judge, oral order); anticipatory bail; provisional anticipatory bail; Section 30(a) Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act; Section 482(2) B.N.S.S.; Nautan P.S. Case No.293/2025; District Siwan; 486 litres liquor recovery; Pacs godown; chowkidar false implication; clean antecedent verification; bail bond Rs.500/- two sureties; petitioner Santosh Kumar Manjhi @ Santosh Manjhi; State of Bihar; advocate Chandra Shekhar; A.P.P. Suresh Prasad Singh.
What did the court decide?
Provisional anticipatory bail: petitioner to be released on arrest/surrender within six weeks on bail bonds of Rs.500/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. conditions; confirmation contingent on the trial court verifying clean antecedents — not to be confirmed if even one prior case is found, otherwise to be confirmed forthwith.