Ranjay Rai @ Ranjay Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21614 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-18 Year-2025 Thana- PIPRAKOTHI District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ranjay Rai @ Ranjay Kumar Son of Ram Pravesh Rai Resident of VillageKishunpur Ward No. 5, P.S.- Piprakothi, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shanti Bhushan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Khurshid Anwar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 29-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Piprakothi P.S. Case No.18 of 2025 instituted under Sections 274, 275, 123, 110 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 30(a)/41(1) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. There is recovery of 500 litres of spirit from outside of the bathroom of the petitioner. It is alleged that petitioner along with co-accused fled away seeing the police who were identified by the Mahal Chaukidar.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case merely on the basis of suspicion. Nothing has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. The

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21614 of 2025(2) dt.29-04-2025 2/2 alleged recovery has been made from a common bathroom and petitioner has no concern with the same. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and the trial. It is further submitted that similarly situated co-accused, namely, Sanjay Rai @ Sanjay Kumar has already been granted anticipatory bail by a coordinate bench of this Court vide order dated 23.04.2025 passed in Cr.Misc.No.20940 of 2025.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner 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 learned Special Judge, Excise Court No.1, East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Piprakothi P.S. Case No.18 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) harish/- U T