Nayan Kishore Manjhi @ Nand Kishor PaswanversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                             CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 23114 of 2026
                       Arising Out of PS. Case No.-149 Year-2024 Thana- SRIPUR District- Gopalganj
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                 Nayan Kishore Manjhi @ Nand Kishor Paswan S/O Bharat Manjhi @ Bharat
                 Paswan Resident of Village - Bathua Bazar, PS- Sripur, district- Gopalganj
                                                                              ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                   Versus
                 The State of Bihar Bihar                            ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :        Mr.Pankaj Kumar Dubey, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :        Mr.Indu Kumari Srivastava, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   08-05-2026                     Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   APP for the State.

                                2. The instant application for anticipatory bail has

                   been filed         by the petitioner apprehending his arrest in

                   connection with Sripur P.S. Case no. 149 of 2024 instituted for

                   the offence under Sections 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and

                   Excise Act.

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

                   litres of country-made liquor were recovered from a motorcycle.

                                4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted

                   that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

                   connection with the present case. It is further submitted that the

                   petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case merely

                   because he was shown to be the owner of the motorcycle. It is

                   further submitted that the motorcycle had been gifted to the

                   petitioner by his in-laws at the time of marriage, but the

                   marriage was dissolved two months ago and the petitioner had
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                      returned the motorcycle to his in-laws. It is further submitted

                      that the petitioner is no longer in possession of, or owner of, the

                      said motorcycle. It is also submitted that the petitioner has no

                      criminal.

                                   5. Learned APP appearing for the State opposed the

                      prayer of bail of the petitioner.

                                   6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and in

                      the facts and circumstances of the case as stated above, this

                      Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The petitioner

                      is directed to surrender in the Court below within a period of

                      four weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender

                      in connection with Sripur P.S. Case no. 149 of 2024, he will be

                      enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees

                      ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the

                      satisfaction of learned District and Additional Sessions Judge –

                      XIII      cum       Special       Judge,      Excise   Court   No.   1,

                      Gopalganj/concerned Court, subject to the conditions as laid

                      down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C/ Section 482 (2) of the

                      BNSS.


                                             (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J)
Jagdish/-

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