Ranjan Kumar @ Ranjan Kumar Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3273 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-361 Year-2025 Thana- DORIGANJ District- Saran ====================================================== Ranjan kumar @ Ranjan kumar chaudhary Son of Deenanath Chaudhary @ Dinanath Chaudhary Resident Of Village- Bhairopur Nizamat, Ps- Doriganj, Dist- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms.Shweta Anand For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Arun Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 28-01-2026 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 offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of three cases under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 82.5 litres of liquor from the house of the petitioner and four other accused persons out of which 22.5 litres of liquor is alleged to have been recovered from Palani of petitioner.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3273 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 2/3 recovered from his conscious possession and palani is an open place outside the house, which is accessible to villagers at large. It is further submitted that once an accused is implicated in a case relating to excise, the police starts implicating mechanically either at the instance of Chowkidar, local person, confessional statement or secret information without holding a proper investigation. It is also submitted that the house in question is a joint family property as such it cannot be alleged with certainty that it was petitioner who had kept the liquor in the house or the liquor kept in the house was within knowledge of the petitioner.

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 for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on Provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen 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 Doriganj P.S. Case No. 361 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3273 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 3/3 7.

It is made clear that thereafter the learned Trial Court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than three cases then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his antecedent before this Court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but after verification if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of three cases in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. 8.

At this stage, the learned counsel for the petitioner based on instruction submits that petitioner undertakes to deposit an amount of Rs. 5,000/- with Lawyers' Association, Patna High Court.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sumit/- U T