Ranjit Kumar @ Sarajug Kumar @ Saryug Kumar @ Saryug Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20882 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-38 Year-2020 Thana- BHELDI District- Saran ====================================================== Ranjit Kumar @ Sarajug Kumar @ Saryug Kumar @ Saryug Singh , Aged about 34 years, Male , Son of Jhaman Singh @ Bharat Singh Resident of Village- Jogani Parsa, Police Station- Bheldi, District-Saran at Chapra. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Radha Mohan Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Arvind Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 24-06-2020 Heard Mr. Radha Mohan Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Arvind Kumar Pandey, learned counsel appearing for the State through video conferencing. Learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove the defects within eight weeks.

Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Bheldi P.S. Case No. 38 of 2020 registered for the offence punishable under Section 30 / 30(A) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The allegation against the petitioner is that Police on the basis of secret information raided the house of the petitioner and recovered total quantity of 54.420 liters of foreign liquor from the room of the petitioner.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case inasmuch as the house from where the illicit liquor has been recovered belongs to joint family. Learned counsel further submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20882 of 2020(2) dt.24-06-2020 2/2 raiding party has not seized illicit liquor in accordance with the provisions of law inasmuch as provisions of Section 100 of the Cr.P.C. has not been followed and only police personnel have been made seizure list witnesses. Learned counsel further submits that petitioner is in custody since 07.03.2020. Having regard to the submissions made by the parties and taking into consideration the fact that petitioner is in custody since 07.03.2020, I am inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, let the petitioner, above named, be released on regular 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, Saran at Chapra in connection with Bheldi P.S. Case No. 38 of 2020. It is made clear that at the time of furnishing bail bond all the parties shall follow the guidelines regarding lockdown and social distancing.

(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) praful/- U