Ravikant Sharma @ Puttu Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16977 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-34 Year-2026 Thana- PARSA District- Saran ====================================================== Ravikant Sharma @ Puttu Singh S/O Ram Vilash Sharma Village- Bhikhari chhapra, P.S.- Parsa, District- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Dr Harendra Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Ramesh Chandra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 25-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehend his arrest in connection with Parsa P.S. Case No. 34 of 2026, registered for the offences punishable under Section 317(5), 318(4), 338, 336(3) of BNS and Section 30(a) of Bihar Excise Liquor Prohibition Act, 2016.
3. As per allegation, the police party conducted raid and recovered 154.260 liters of illicit foreign liquor and a Tata Magic (Reg. No. BR01GB-9407) from the place of occurrence. Seeing the police party, the petitioner fled away.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated. Nothing has been recovered from his conscious physical possession. He is a person of clean antecedent.
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5. On the other hand, the learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail.
6. Considering the fact that recovery has been made from a vehicle which has nothing to do with the petitioner and that there is no recovery from the conscious possession physical possession of the petitioner and further that that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent and also the fact that the search and seizure memo is not signed by two independent witnesses, which puts a question mark on the legality and validity of the seizure itself, I am inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
7. Let the petitioner, as named above, in the event of his arrest or surrender within four weeks from today, be enlarged 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 Exclusive Special Excise Court No. 3, Saran at Chapra in connection with Parsa P.S. Case No. 34 of 2026, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and subject to further condition that :- (i) The petitioner shall co-operate in the investigation/
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(ii) The learned Court below would, however, verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the Court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, it is expected that the verification process would be done expeditiously without causing any delay. (Alok Kumar Sinha, J) kundan/- U T