Ranjan Kumar @ Ranjan Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5802 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-181 Year-2024 Thana- NOWKOTHI GARHPURA DistrictBegusarai ====================================================== Ranjan Kumar @ Ranjan Sahni S/O Bisundev Sahni R/O Village- Naokothi, P.S.- Naokothi, District- Begusarai.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Yogesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bishweshwar Ram, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 24-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner in this application prays for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending his arrest in connection with Naokothi Garhpura P.S. Case no. 181 of 2024 registered for the offence punishable under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

3. As per the prosecution case, on secret information having been received a raid was conducted in the fish market and while the accused persons managed to escape a total of 10 litres of liquor was recovered. The other shop keepers in the market identified the persons who had managed to escape which included the petitioner herein.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5802 of 2025(2) dt.24-02-2025 2/2 the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. Neither the petitioner was arrested at the spot nor any incriminating article recovered from his possession. He undertakes to cooperate in the investigation/trial.

5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegation in the F.I.R., the petitioner not having been arrested at the spot together with no incriminating article having been recovered from his possession, it is directed that the petitioner above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Naokothi Garhpura P.S. Case no. 181 of 2024 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Excise Special Judge-I, Begusarai. (Partha Sarthy, J) Bibhash U T