Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18059 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-172 Year-2020 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Saharsa ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Sah S/O Raghu Sah R/O Vill.- Tulsiyahi ward no. 3, P.s.- Bihra, Dist.- Saharsa. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Amarnath Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Anil Kumar Singh No.1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 06-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

3. A bare perusal of the first information report and the seizure list would go to show that 5 liters of country made liquor has been recovered from a field, which was, allegedly, thrown by the petitioner.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the name of the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case on the basis of disclosure made by the local villagers. The fact of the matter is that nothing has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner. It is further submitted that the place of recovery is an open place and easily

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18059 of 2026(2) dt.06-04-2026 2/3 accessible to anyone, hence no responsibility can be fixed on the petitioner. Petitioner has two criminal antecedents of similar nature of the offence as stated in para-3 of this application.

5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that the petitioner has two criminal antecedents of similar nature of the offence. In response, it is submitted that petitioner is on bail in both the cases.

6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case as well as the fact that the alleged recovery has been made from an open place and the petitioner has been made accused merely on suspicion, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Special Case No.172 of 2020, arising out of Excise Department Case No.43 of 2020, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482 (2) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, subject to further condition that: (i) One of the bailors would the blood relative of the petitioner.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18059 of 2026(2) dt.06-04-2026 3/3 (ii) The petitioner would cooperate in the investigation/trial and in failure to do so, the learned Court concerned would be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. (Soni Shrivastava, J) Trivedi/- U