Ranjit Malakar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6902 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-327 Year-2023 Thana- DEEPNAGAR District- Nalanda ====================================================== 1.

Ranjit Malakar S/O Late Vinod Malakar R/O Village- Paharpura, P.S- Bihar, Distt.- Nalanda.

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Ranjo @ Ranjo Mahto S/O Anand Deo Mahto R/O Village- Paharpura, P.SBihar, Distt.- Nalanda. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Bisheshwar Ram,APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-02-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case in connection with Deepnagar P.S. Case No. 327/2023 dated 21.07.2023 registered for the offence punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 30 litres of illicit foreign liquor was recovered from the bush.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioners have no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. Nothing has

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6902 of 2024(2) dt.17-02-2024 2/3 been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners hence, no case is made out against the petitioners. The recovery is from an open place which is accessible to anyone. Learned Counsel has relied on the judgment of Full Bench of Hon'ble Patna High Court in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. State of Bihar reported in 2019 (2) PLJR 1089. The Full Bench in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav (supra) has held that an application for anticipatory bail in a case arising out of Bihar Excise and Prohibition Act can be maintained, despite the bar under Section 76 (2) of the Act, if on the basis of allegation made in the FIR, no offence under the said provision is made out.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners by submitting that the bar of Section 76(2) of the Act applies in this case.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the nature of allegation against the petitioners, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned court concerned, Nalanda

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6902 of 2024(2) dt.17-02-2024 3/3 Biharsharif in connection with Deepnagar P.S. Case No. 327/2023 subject to conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

7. This application stands allowed.

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