Patna High Court
CR. MISC./57799/2026 of Manoj Yadav Vs The State of Bihar on 19 August 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57799 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-174 Year-2026 Thana- MANIGACHI District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Manoj Yadav S/o Babu Narayan Yadav Resident of Village - Phoolwan, P.S.- Manigachhi, Dist. -
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57799 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-174 Year-2026 Thana- MANIGACHI District- Darbhanga ======================================================
Manoj Yadav S/o Babu Narayan Yadav Resident of Village - Phoolwan, P.S.- Manigachhi, Dist. - Darbhanga.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Saurav Anand, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Nityanand, A.P.P.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
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ORAL ORDER
19-08-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 417 litres of liquor from an orchard near the house of Tuntun Jha.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even the alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner and he has no concern or relation with Tuntun Jha. It is further submitted that petitioner came to be implicated at the instance of Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57799 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026
the Chawkidar with whom he is on an inimical term. It is next submitted that if the Chawkidar was aware of the involvement of the petitioner in the occurrence then why he did not inform the police prior to the institution of the instant FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, let the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Manigachi P.S. Case No. 174 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. However, it is made clear that thereafter the learned Trial Court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than one case, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his antecedent before this Court at para 3 of the anticipatory bail Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57799 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026
application in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if it is found on verification that petitioner has antecedent of only one case in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
Kundan/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T