Ravi Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16275 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-735 Year-2024 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Gaya ====================================================== Ravi Ranjan S/O Sunil Prasad Ranjan R/O Village-Math Laxmanpur Koiri Tola, Devi Asthan, Nahar Par, Nichali Road, Agamkuwan, P.S.-Alamganj, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Raj Krishna Jha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Gulnar Begum ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 02-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 735 of 2024 registered for offences under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018.

3. As per prosecution case, 96 litres of illicit liquor has been recovered from a car.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. He further submits that he had sold the vehicle to one Sonu Kumar, son of Arun Kumar, resident of Village + Post- Bandhuganj, P.S.- Ghoshi, District- Jehanabad, PIN Code- 804432, Bihar, Aadhar Number- 518172771122. Since the transfer was not registered

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16275 of 2025(2) dt.02-04-2025 2/2 and therefore petitioner has been made accused in this case. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.

5. Considering the aforesaid circumstances, this application for anticipatory bail is allowed.

6. Accordingly, let the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within four weeks from today in the Court below, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Excise Court-III, Gaya/ concerned court below in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 735 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

7. Before accepting the bail-bond of the petitioner, the court below will verify the antecedent of the petitioner. If the petitioner is found having clean antecedent, the bail-bonds of the petitioner shall be accepted. If the petitioner is found having criminal antecedent(s), his bail-bonds shall not be accepted by the court below.

(Sandeep Kumar, J) Ranjeet/- U T