Ravi Kumar @ Dharmendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23607 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-84 Year-2026 Thana- Daudnagar Excise District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Ravi Kumar @ Dharmendra Kumar Son of Pradip Saw Resident of VillageRepura, P.S.- Daudnagar, District- Aurangabad (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Pramendra Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Suresh Prasad Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 16-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a) and 32(c) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018 in connection with Daudnagar P.S.Case No. 84 of 2026.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case on account of his involvement in previous case of similar nature. He was not preset at the place of occurrence.

4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

5. The liquor is said to have been recovered from a Maruti Suzuki Car bearing Registration No. BR1R 5149, of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23607 of 2026(2) dt.16-04-2026 2/3 which the petitioner is not the owner. No liquor was recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner. The search and seizure memo also does not bear the signature of two independent witnesses, which puts a question mark on the validity of the seizure itself. The petitioner bears only one criminal antecedent, which has been described in para-3 of the bail petition and in which the petitioner is on bail. Under these circumstances, I am inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. 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 learned court of Special Judge, Excise-II, Aurangabad in connection with Daudnagar P.S.Case No. 84 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/ trial.

(ii) the learned court would, however, verify the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23607 of 2026(2) dt.16-04-2026 3/3 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) HR/- U T