Sanjeet Ray @ Sanjit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6297 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1911 Year-2024 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Sanjeet Ray @ Sanjit Kumar S/O Jagdish Ray Resident of village- Sabaha, P.S.- Sakra, District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Murli Dhar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 17-03-2025

1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Excise Police Station Case No. 1911 of 2024, disclosing offences under Sections 30(a), 32(3) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, on 22.10.2024 the informant/Police Officer got a secret information that two persons, namely, Sanjeet Ray (petitioner) and Dhiraj Kumar have brought a consignment of illicit liquor by a Mahindra Bolero vehicle at the road side of Bajidonawa. Upon such information, the police reached at the place of the occurrence and upon seeing the police party, two persons tried to flee away and succeeded in the same. The Police recovered 60.48 liters of illicit liquor from the Bolero vehicle.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6297 of 2025(3) dt.17-03-2025 2/2

4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case on the basis of the secret information, illicit liquor has not been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the vehicle in question.

5. Having regard to the submissions made on behalf of the parties and taking into consideration the fact that liquor has not been recovered from the conscious possession and/or vehicle belonging to the petitioner, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail.

6. This application is, accordingly, allowed.

7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, Excise, Court No. II, Muzaffarpur, in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 1911 of 2024, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) ajay/- U T