Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Prasad v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5445 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-681 Year-2021 Thana- NAWADA District- Nawada ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Prasad Son Of Mahendra Prasad Resident Of Village - Dharhara, Jhurjhuri, P.S. - Barkatta, District - Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Anirudh Kumar Verma, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ajay Kumar No. 2, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-05-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Nawada Town P.S. Case No. 681 of 2021 dated 01.07.2021 registered for the offences punishable u/ss 33, 34 and 36 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, the husband of the informant died due to consumption of spurious liquor. It is further alleged that he had purchased the said liquor from some unknown person.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5445 of 2024(3) dt.17-05-2024 2/3 this case. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. The name of the petitioner has sprung up in the confessional statement of the co-accused, Arvind Kumar. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged offence. The co-accused persons have already been granted regular bail by this court vide order dated 03.04.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 3306 of 2024. The petitioner has twenty one criminal antecedents as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 06.02.2023.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Nawada in connection with Nawada Town P.S. Case No. 681 of 2021 with the conditions :- (i) The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5445 of 2024(3) dt.17-05-2024 3/3 of his bail bond.

(ii) If the petitioner is found involved in any other criminal case in future, his bail bond is liable to be cancelled.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Gautam/- U T