Ranjeet Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27745 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2 Year-2025 Thana- WAJIRGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar S/o- Ashok Prasad @ Ashok Yadav R/v- Mocharak Ps- Gurpa Dist- Gaya ... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Kamal Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party :
Mr. Bishweshwar Ram, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 13-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail, apprehending his arrest, in connection with Wajirganj P.S. Case No. 02 of 2025, dated 04.01.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.
3. As per the police case, on a secret information that liquor is being transported by a vehicle, and while checking of vehicles, the police found one Scorpio vehicle coming towards them at fast speed and despite indication for stopping, the Scorpio vehicle did not stop and started speeding away and upon chase, the tyre of the vehicle got burst, whereafter the driver of the vehicle and another man came out of the vehicle and started fleeing away and despite efforts of the police, they
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27745 of 2026(3) dt.13-05-2026 2/3 could not be apprehended. On search of the said vehicle, 1000 litre of illicit liquor has been recovered.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. He further submits that the petitioner is neither driver of the said vehicle, nor the person, who was allegedly sitting in the vehicle, nor is owner of the vehicle. The whole case against the petitioner is based only on suspicion and the petitioner is in no way involved in the alleged offence, nor was he present at the place of recovery. As such, there is no cogent material against the petitioner and hence, no case is made out against the petitioner under the Excise Act and the present anticipatory bail petition is maintainable. He has also submitted that the petitioner has four criminal antecedents of similar nature, however, he is on bail in those cases and similarly situated coaccused persons, namely, Upendra Kumar and Shankar Kumar have been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail by Coordinate Benches of this Court by orders dated 25.06.2025 and 18.08.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. Nos. 38884 of 2025 and 53345 of 2025 respectively.
5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer of the Petitioner for anticipatory bail.
6. Heard the parties and perused the record.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27745 of 2026(3) dt.13-05-2026 3/3
7. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances and parity, let the petitioner, above-named, be enlarged on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, on his furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000 /- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned concerned Court Below, in connection with Wajirganj P.S. Case No. 02 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 and on the following conditions: (i) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that the petitioner has any criminal antecedents, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner after hearing him and getting satisfied that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedents despite his knowledge of the same.
(ii) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that statement regarding previous bail petition is wrong, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. (Praveen Kumar, J) Pawan/- U T