Umesh Manjhi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.3185 of 2026 (arising out of Maner P.S. Case No.912 of 2021, District Patna), oral order dated 09-02-2026 by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Kumar Pandey. Anticipatory bail application under the BNSS regime allowed for Umesh Manjhi in a Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act-2018 case (Sections 30(a)/30(c)/32(iii)/34/36 & 41) involving recovery of 5 litres of country-made liquor; arguments on joint possession, police-personnel seizure witnesses, Section 105 BNSS compliance and two similar antecedents; APP Sanjay Kumar Pandey for the State opposed; counsel Ashok Kumar Sinha for petitioner. Relief: surrender within four weeks; bail bond Rs.10,000 with two like sureties; Special Excise Judge, Danapur, Patna; Section 482(2) BNSS conditions; condition against similar offences.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail allowed: petitioner to surrender within four weeks and, on arrest or surrender in connection with Maner P.S. Case no. 912 of 2021, to be enlarged on bail on a bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Excise Judge, Danapur, Patna, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS conditions and the condition of not indulging in similar offences in future.