Ritu Raj Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30034 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-35 Year-2024 Thana- PANAPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Ritu Raj Singh, aged about 24 years, Male, son of Anil Singh, Resident of Village- Pipara, Police Station- Panapur, District- Saran. ... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mrs. Mili Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party :
Mr. Anant Kumar 1, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-07-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Panapur P.S. Case No. 35 of 2024 dated 14.02.2024 for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, total 140 litres of illicit country made liquor was recovered near the poultry farm of Sunil Singh.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. No incriminating article has been
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30034 of 2024(2) dt.19-07-2024 2/3 recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner rather the recovery has been made from an open place which is accessible to anyone, hence no case is made out. Learned Counsel has relied on the judgment of Full Bench of Hon'ble Patna High Court in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. State of Bihar reported in 2019 (2) PLJR 1089. The Full Bench in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav (supra) has held that an application for anticipatory bail in a case arising out of Bihar Excise and Prohibition Act can be maintained, despite the bar under Section 76 (2) of the Act, if on the basis of allegation made in the FIR, no offence under the said provision is made out.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner by submitting that the bar of Section 76(2) of the Act applies in this case.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the nature of allegation against the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30034 of 2024(2) dt.19-07-2024 3/3 Saran at Chapra in connection with Panapur P.S. Case No. 35 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
7. This application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) atul/amanU T