Manoj Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; S.30(a) Excise Act; recovery of 34.56 litres IMFL from parked vehicles including petitioner's car; recovery prima facie not from petitioner's physical possession; car entrusted to driver Deepak Kumar; clean antecedents; Sakra P.S. Case No. 170 of 2026, Muzaffarpur; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two like sureties; Exclusive Special Excise Court I Muzaffarpur; conditions under S.482(2) BNSS; surrender/arrest window of four weeks. Disposition: bail prayer allowed.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner, on arrest or surrender before the court below within four weeks, to be released on bail on a bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Exclusive Spl. Excise Court I, Muzaffarpur/concerned Court, in connection with Sakra P.S. Case No. 170 of 2026, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of BNSS.