Ranjeet Choudhary @ Ranjeet Ray v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16612 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-49 Year-2022 Thana- MADANPUR District- Aurangabad ====================================================== RANJEET CHOUDHARY @ RANJEET RAY Son of Lal Choudhari Resident of Village - and P.O.- Pashi Tola Khiriyawan, P.s.- Madanpur, Distt.- Aurangabad (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Sanjay Kumar Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-04-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual mode.

Counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the office, within a period of four weeks.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 30(a)/33 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The prosecution case, in short, is that 70 liters spirit is recovered.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and there is no

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16612 of 2022(2) dt.08-04-2022 2/3 allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. The name of the petitioner has transpired in this case on the basis of secret information as per F.I.R. The source and genuineness of the secret information has not been disclosed by the prosecution. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. It is alleged that 70 liters spirit is recovered from the motorcycle. The petitioner is not the owner of the motorcycle in question. The petitioner had no knowledge regarding the alleged incident. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. There is no compliance of Section 100 Cr.P.C.

On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the complaint case/F.I.R. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, be released on anticipatory 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 Special Judge Excise 1st, Aurangabad in connection with Madanpur P.S. case

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16612 of 2022(2) dt.08-04-2022 3/3 No.49/2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T