Ranveer Yadav @ Ranveer Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27563 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-10 Year-2025 Thana- Roshna District- Katihar ====================================================== Ranveer Yadav @ Ranveer Kumar S/O Balmiki Yadav R/O Village- Baburahi Ward No. 05, P.S- Sahebpur Kamal, Dist.- Begusarai (Bihar). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Vibhakar Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Suresh Prasad Singh,APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 07-05-2025 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Roshna P.S. Case No. 10/2025 registered on 01.01.2025 for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.

3. As per the prosecution, a total of 173.88 liters of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) has been recovered which is the subject matter of the present case.

4. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. No recovery whatsoever has been made from the possession of the petitioner, nor does he have any connection with the alleged illicit liquor. The petitioner has been implicated solely on the basis of the disclosure statement made by a co-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27563 of 2025(2) dt.07-05-2025 2/2 accused, who was apprehended in the case, alleging that the recovered liquor belongs to the petitioner. It is submitted that since no recovery has been effected from the petitioner's possession, the ingredients of the alleged offence under the Excise Act are not attracted in his case. Moreover, the petitioner has has a clean antecedent.

5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6. In the facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of ₹30000/- (thirty thousand) as mentioned in Section 2(1) (d) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to the satisfaction of the Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Excise Special Judge -IInd, Katihar, in connection with Roshna P.S. Case No. 10/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Dr. Anshuman, J) Ashwini/- U T