Ranjeet Roy @ Ranjeet Ram v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35280 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-238 Year-2020 Thana- BAISI District- Purnia ====================================================== Ranjeet Roy @ Ranjeet Ram Son of Late Mithu Ram @ Mithu Roy Resident of -Siliguri ,P.S- Bhaktinagar , Dist- Jalpaigudi (West Bengal) ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State Of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Md Fazle Karim For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Ajay Kumar No. 2 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-06-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Baisi P.S. Case No. 238 of 2020 dated 01.10.2020 registered for the offence/s punishable u/ss 272 and 273 of the IPC and section 30(a), 41 and 47 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, total 1692 litres of illicit liquor was recovered from the truck.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is the driver of the said vehicle. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged recovery. Nothing has
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35280 of 2024(2) dt.27-06-2024 2/3 been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 22.06.2022 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 8197 of 2022, thereafter the petitioner went to his home town, West Bengal and he was arrested in another case bearing NJP P.S. case no. 1201 of 2022 due to that he could not do the Pairvi on his behalf as a result his bail bond was cancelled. It is a case of first misuse of privilege of bail granted by Hon'be Court. The petitioner has one criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 05.02.2024.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Purnea in connection with Baisi P.S. Case No. 238 of 2020, with the condition/s-:
(i). The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35280 of 2024(2) dt.27-06-2024 3/3 cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T