Ranjit Sah @ Ranjit Kumar Keshri v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11864 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-157 Year-2019 Thana- KOCHAS District- Rohtas ====================================================== Ranjit Sah @ Ranjit Kumar Keshri Son of Dashrath Sah @ Dashrath Prasad Keshari @ Dashrath Keshari Resident of Village- Kochas, Ward No. 16, Police Station - Kochas, District - Rohtas. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Ms.Shaheen Begum, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 09-07-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State through video conferencing. The petitioner has filed the instant application for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending his arrest in connection with Kochas P.S. Case no. 157 of 2019 registered under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. As per allegation in the FIR, on secret information having been received, it is stated by the informant that a raid was conducted and on search a total of 13.5 litres of country liquor was recovered from a hutment and the local people disclosed that the same belonged to the petitioner.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the allegation as levelled in the FIR are false and concocted. The alleged hut from which the recovery of the liquor is said to have been made does not belong to the petitioner and he has no concern with the same.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11864 of 2020(3) dt.09-07-2020 2/2 petitioner has been implicated in the instant case for the reason that he had one earlier case against him.

The application for bail is opposed by learned counsel for the State who submits that the petitioner has one case under the Excise Act pending against him.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the fact that neither the petitioner was arrested at the spot nor recovery having taken place from his possession and the quantity of the recovered article, the Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail. The petitioner is directed to surrender in the Court below within a period of eight weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender in connection with Kochas P.S. Case no. 157 of 2019 he will be enlarged 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 2nd Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, Excise, Rohtas, Sasaram subject to the condition as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Partha Sarthy, J) Prakash/- U