Ravi Ranjan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 21750 of 2020 Arising Out of P.S. Case No.-86 Year-2020 Thana-Kesariya District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ravi Ranjan Kumar, son of Ram Sewak Sah @ Ram Sewak @ Shivji Sah, resident of Village Raghunathpur, Khora Akauna, P.S. Kesariya, District East Champaran ... ... Petitioner

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Sunil Kumar For the Opposite Party :

Mr. Arun Kr. Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 14-08-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

This application for grant of anticipatory bail arises out of Kesariya P.S. Case No. 86 of 2020, disclosing offence under Sections 30(a), 37(b), 37(c) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

In view of the Full Bench decision of this Court in case of Ram Vinay Yadav Vs. The State of Bihar, reported in 2019(2) PLJR 1089 (F.B.), and the provisions under Section 76(2) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, this application for anticipatory bail cannot be maintained.

2/3 This application is accordingly dismissed as not maintainable.

However, considering the amount of illicit liquor (5 litres) said to have been recovered by the police, it is directed that if the petitioner surrenders before the Court below within two months from today and seeks regular bail, his application for regular bail shall be considered and disposed of on the same day.

It is also indicated that defects, if any, shall be removed within two months from today.

Since there is a lockdown, the Court has considered it appropriate to adopt following procedure for communication of the present order:- (i) The order, which has been dictated during the course of the proceedings of virtual Court, shall be communicated to me on my e-mail I.D. by the Secretary. (ii) The corrected copy of the order shall be transmitted by me from my e-mail I.D. to the Secretary, which shall be treated to be the authentic copy of the order passed by this Court today in the present proceeding.

(iii) Hard copy of the order, duly signed by me, shall be preserved in my residential office for documentation and

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(iv) Let a copy of the order be communicated to the learned court below through e-mail or any other appropriate electronic mode by the Registry.

Let steps be taken by the Registry for uploading of the present order without compromising with the norms of social-distancing.

(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) U Rajesh/-