Ranjeet Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23843 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-109 Year-2026 Thana- KAUWAKOL District- Nawada ====================================================== 1.

Ranjeet Kumar S/o Ashok Prasad Saw @ Ashok Saw R/o Vill- Mahurar, P.S.- Kawakol, Distt- Nawada 2.

Mannu Kumar S/o Manoj Saw R/o Vill- Mahurar, P.S.- Kawakol, DisttNawada ... ... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sheo Nandan Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs.Pronoti Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 22-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. This application for anticipatory bail arises out of Kawakol P.S. Case No. 109 of 2026 for the offence punishable under Section 111(2) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act.

3. The case of the prosecution is that two motorcycles were allegedly intercepted, the persons seated on the said motorcycles threw away a sac and managed to flee away from the place of occurrence. Allegedly, from the sac, altogether 15.750 liters of foreign liquor was recovered. The informant, a police officer, has alleged that during the course of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23843 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 2/3 investigation he came to know that these petitioners along with co-accused persons are engaged in illicit trade of liquor.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were not identified to be the persons present at the place of occurrence. No other person was arrested at the place of occurrence/seizure, moreover, a vague allegation has been levelled by the informant, without any firm basis, that the petitioners were involved in the illicit trade, which is not a sufficient ground for implicating them in the present case. The police in order to save themselves, falsely implicated the petitioners. The petitioners have got clean antecedents.

5. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer of anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

6. Heard the parties and perused the record. Considering the facts and circumstances, let the petitioners above named, in the event of their arrest/surrender within six weeks from today in the Court below, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Excise Court-2, Nawada, in connection with Kawakol P.S. Case No. 109 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23843 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 3/3 Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita.

(Praveen Kumar, J) Pawan/- U T