Ravi Ranjan Kumar @ Dhannu Chauhan @ Ravi Ranjan @ Dhannu v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4995 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-930 Year-2021 Thana- PHULWARISHARIF District- Patna ====================================================== Ravi Ranjan Kumar @ Dhannu Chauhan @ Ravi Ranjan @ Dhannu S/o Late Etwaru Chauhan Resident of Village- Gobindpur, Nonia Tola, PS- Phulwari Sharif, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Md. Nazir Ansari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 29-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Phulwari Sharif P.S. Case No. 930 of 2021, instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 30(c), 32(iii) and 36 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that 195 liters liquor was recovered from hut and plastic gallon.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. Learned counsel

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4995 of 2026(2) dt.29-01-2026 2/3 for the petitioner also submits that the petitioner was not arrested on spot. Name of the petitioner has transpired in this case on the basis of confessional statement made by co-accused person and the same has got no evidentiary value. It is further submitted that the petitioner has got no concern with the alleged hut. The petitioner is in custody since 10.12.2025 and has got three criminal antecedents. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Phulwari Sharif P.S. Case No. 930 of 2021, subject to the following conditions: (I) One of the bailors shall be own/close member of the family of the petitioner.

(II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed at the trial. In case of default in such appearance on two

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4995 of 2026(2) dt.29-01-2026 3/3 consecutive dates, the Trial Court will have liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Rajorshi/- U T