Rakesh Mahto @ Rajeev Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16217 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-644 Year-2024 Thana- SAKRA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Rakesh Mahto @ Rajeev Ranjan S/O Maheshwar Mahto R/O Vill.- Malpur, Agrail, P.s.- Sakra, Dist.- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Priyesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Dr.Mrityunjaya Kr.Gautam ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 02-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Sakra P.S. Case No. 644 of 2024 registered for the offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2022.
3. As per the prosecution case, the recovery is of about 124 liters of foreign liquor from the field of Ramashish Ray and the petitioner has been named in this case by the Chowkidar.
4. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioner is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in this case.
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5. Learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that the petitioner is ready to donate Rs. 25,000/- in some charitable organization without accepting his guilt.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts, this application is allowed.
7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the concerned Court below within four weeks from today, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Court Excise-I, Muzaffarpur/concerned Court below in connection with Sakra P.S. Case No. 644 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 482 of the BNSS, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall deposit an amount of Rs. 25,000/- in Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Bela, Muzaffarpur and produce the receipt of the same before the Court below. The bail bonds of the petitioner shall be accepted after verifying the genuineness of the receipt produced by the petitioners.
8. As a condition of this order, the petitioner, after being released on anticipatory bail, is directed to mark his attendance at Sakra Police Station on every Sunday of each
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16217 of 2025(2) dt.02-04-2025 3/3 month. Any default in appearance at the police station will result in cancellation of bail bonds of the petitioner. (Sandeep Kumar, J) Vikas/- U