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2025 DAILYLAW 53729 (PAT)

Ranjeet Kumar v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./44275/2025 · 2025-07-14

Prabhat Kumar Singh

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44275 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-174 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Nawada ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar Son of Bhagirath Yadav Resident of Village- Panti, P.S.- Akabarpur, District- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Man Mohan Kumar , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 14-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State . 2. 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 . As per the prosecution case , total 6.75 liters foreign liquor was recovered from seized vehicle . 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the seized vehicle . The name of the petitioner transpired during course of investigation . No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of petitioner and he is no way connected with the alleged occurrence . Petitioner claims clean antecedent. 5 . Learned counsel for the State opposed the bail Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44275 of 2025(2) dt.14-07-2025 2/2 petition . 6. Considering the aforesaid facts, clean antecedent of petitioner and circumstances of the case , this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive special Court Excise – 2 Nawada P. S. Case No. 174 of 2025 , subject to the conditions laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 . Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T