Manish KumarversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21016 of 2026
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-528 Year-2025 Thana- MIRGANJ District- Gopalganj
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                 Manish Kumar Son of Satyadev Sah @ Satydev Shah @ Rudal Sah R/o-
                 Badheya, P.S.- Mirganj, District - Gopalganj

                                                                                  ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Deepankar Raj, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Md. Aslam Ansari, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   02-04-2026                  Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   APP for the State.

                                2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection

                   with Mirganj P.S. Case No. 528 of 2025 registered for the

                   offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition

                   and Excise Act.

                                3. The case of the prosecution, in short, is that from a

                   paddy field, altogether 12.200 liters of country made foreign

                   liquor was recovered.

                                4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the

                   petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has

                   committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this

                   case. He also submits that nothing has been recovered from the

                   possession of the petitioner which is clear from the seizure list
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                     itself that the recovery was made from paddy fields. The name

                     of this petitioner has been disclosed by the local Chowkidar. He

                     further submits that since the petitioner is having criminal

                     antecedent of four cases, out of which three cases are of similar

                     nature that is why he has been framed in this case. Moreover,

                     the petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since

                     30.01.2026.

                                  5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP

                     for the State and submits that the petitioner is having criminal

                     antecedent of four cases.

                                  6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and

                     considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is

                     inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named

                     petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail

                     bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties

                     of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned District

                     & additional Sessions Judge-IV-cum-Exclusive Special Excise

                     Court-II, Gopalganj in connection with Mirganj P.S. Case No.

                     528 of 2025.


                                                    (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J)
Sudhanshu/-

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