Ranjeet Sahni @ Ranjeet Kumar Sanhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13738 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-392 Year-2020 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Samastipur ====================================================== Ranjeet Sahni @ Ranjeet Kumar Sanhi S/O Chandeshar Sahni R/O villageward no.02, Amsor, P.S.- Khanpur, District- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Sharda Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-04-2025 Heard Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Mrs. Sharda Kumari, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 392 of 2020 dated 12.12.2020 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a) and (c) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The main submissions advanced by petitioner's counsel are that the instant matter relates to the recovery of 22 litres of illicit country-made liquor as well as equipment purportedly used in the manufacturing of the liquor, from a bamboo orchard but the petitioner has no concern with the place of recovery rather, the same belongs to the co-accused, Shankar Shahni and merely on the basis of suspicion and the disclosure made by the co-villagers, the petitioner has been made accused

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13738 of 2025(2) dt.02-04-2025 2/2 and he is a labourer and working outside the state and at the time of recovery, he was not present at the place of recovery. It is further submitted that the petitioner has fair and clean antecedent and alleged offence under the Excise Act does not attract against him even prima facie, so, his prayer is not hit by the provision of Section 76(2) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

4. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

5. Considering the aforesaid submissions advanced by petitioner's counsel, this Court is inclined to grant the relief of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, let the petitioner named-above, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court concerned in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 392 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

(Shailendra Singh, J) maynaz/- U T