Ranjan Kumar Sah v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28124 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-15 Year-2025 Thana- KRISHNAGARH District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Ranjan Kumar Sah, male, aged about 35 years, Son of Ramanath Sah @ Sriram Nath Sah, Resident of Village- Saraiya Bazar, Police StationKrishnagarh, District- Bhojpur at Ara ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Anil Kumar, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-05-2025 Heard Mr. Shashank Shekhar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Anil Kumar, learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Kishangarh P.S. Case No. 15 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act as amended up-to-date.
3. Allegation is of recovery of 20 litres of illicit liquor from a bush.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case due to local village politics. Petitioner has no concern with the seized liquor nor he is involved in trade of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28124 of 2025(2) dt.07-05-2025 2/3 liquor in any manner. The place of recovery is an open place which is accessible to anyone. Petitioner has clean antecedent. On these grounds, petitioner seeks to be released on pre-arrest bail.
5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner and submits that due to sale and consumption of illicit liquor, day after day, hooch tragedy occurs and the State Officials of different department appears to have facilitated smuggling and trade of illicit liquor inside the State of Bihar. As such, involvement of the petitioner cannot be ruled out from illicit trade of liquor.
6. Considering the fact that the recovery of 20 litres of illicit liquor from a bush, which is an open place and easily accessible to any one, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his/her arrest or surrender before the learned District Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge, Excise Court No. 1st, Bhojpur, Ara, in connection with Kishangarh P.S. Case No. 15 of 2025, subject to the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28124 of 2025(2) dt.07-05-2025 3/3 condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
7. The learned District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner as stated in paragraph no. 3 of the bail application. If any other case is pending against the petitioner as what has been stated in paragraph no. 3, this order will lose its force automatically. (Purnendu Singh, J) Niraj/- U T