Ravi Ranjan @ Ranjan Kumar @ Ranjan Ray v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17351 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-265 Year-2021 Thana- VAISHALI District- Vaishali ====================================================== Ravi Ranjan @ Ranjan Kumar @ Ranjan Ray Son of Mahendra Rai Resident of Village - Belsar , P.S.- Vaishali (Belsar O.P.), Distt.- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mrs. Pratima Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Anil Kumar, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 20-07-2022 Let the defects, as pointed out by the office, be removed within four weeks of starting of Court proceeding in physical mode in normal course.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

Recovery is of 263.340 litres of foreign liquor from the karkat house and 1420.230 litres of foreign liquor from the box room of Mahendra Rai.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has clean antecedents and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that it

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17351 of 2022(2) dt.20-07-2022 2/3 appears from the F.I.R. as well as seizure list that recovery has been made from the house of Mahendra Rai and in fact the petitioner is son of Mahendra Rai and nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and the police after investigation submitted chargesheet against the petitioner and the petitioner is in custody since 12.02.2022. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending in connection with Vaishali (Belsar O.P.) P.S. Case No. 265 of 2021, with the following conditions :-

(1) Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court and shall remain physically present as directed by the Court and on his absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below.

(2) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witness, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17351 of 2022(2) dt.20-07-2022 3/3 for cancellation of bail.

(3) And, further condition that the court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage, it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedents, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.

(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) Ibrar//- U T