Ranjeet Kumar Sah @ Ranjeet Sah v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4295 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1823 Year-2024 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar Sah @ Ranjeet Sah, aged about 38 years (Male), S/O Late Shatrudhan Sah, Resident of Village- Bhanpur, P.S.- Baligaon, DistrictVaishali. ... ... Petitioner
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Anish Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party :
Mr. Aditya Narayan Singh.1, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 1823 of 2024 dated 07.10.2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 32(3) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
3. As per the prosecution case, total 270 litres of illicit foreign liquor was recovered from the Pick-up vehicle.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner was not arrested on the spot. His name has come in the present case on the basis of the confessional
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4295 of 2025(2) dt.07-02-2025 2/3 statement of the co-accused which has got no evidentiary value in the eye of law. No incriminating article has been recovered from his possession. The petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the seized pick-up vehicle. The other co-accused persons Mukesh Kumar @ Mukesh Singh and Arun Kumar have already been granted regular bail by a Bench of this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 85386 of 2024 under order dated 15.01.2025. The petitioner has three criminal antecedents in which he is on bail as stated in paragraph no. 3 of the bail application.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No.-II, Muzaffarpur in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 1823 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure with further condition:- (I) The petitioner is directed to remain
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4295 of 2025(2) dt.07-02-2025 3/3 physically present before the learned court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bonds of the petitioner are liable to be cancelled.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) U.K./- U T