Ranjit Mehta @ Ranjeet Mehta @ Ranjit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21463 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-241 Year-2025 Thana- BHAPTIAHI District- Supaul ====================================================== Ranjit Mehta @ Ranjeet Mehta @ Ranjit Kumar Son of Parmeshwar Mehta Resident of Village- Karhari Kalyanpur, Ward No. 9, P.S.- Bhaptiyahi, District- Supaul ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Prasoon Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Pradeep Narain Kumar, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 10-04-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of five cases and is in custody since 16.02.2026 and allegation is of recovery of 378 litres of liquor from three different motorcycles.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It is further submitted that petitioner is not the owner of any of the seized vehicles and came to be implicated at the instance of the Chawkidar with
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21463 of 2026(2) dt.10-04-2026 2/2 whom he is on an inimical term.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court where the case is pending in connection with S.T. Excise Case No. 1252 of 2025 arising out of Bhaptiyahi P.S. Case No. 241 of 2025.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T