Navratan Rai @ Navratna Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No 34323 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-99 Year-2023 Thana- SIMRI District- Buxar ====================================================== NAVRATAN RAI @ NAVRATNA RAI Son of Vijay Rai R/O Vill.- Arjunpur, P.S.- Simari (Dera O.P.), Dist.- Buxar.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Dr Kamal Deo Sharma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr Binod Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 24-06-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor (for brevity, APP) appearing for the State of Bihar.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Simari (Dera OP) Police Station (for brevity, PS) Case No 99 of 2023 dated 26.03.2023 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

As per the prosecution case, 22.5 litres of illicit foreign liquor was recovered near the boring of the co-accused Dhamaka Rai which was thrown.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. The

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34323 of 2023(2) dt.24-06-2023 2/3 villagers have disclosed the name of the petitioner. It is further submitted that the petitioner has two antecedents, as stated at paragraph 3 of the bail petition in which he is on bail. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner, hence no case is made out. Learned counsel has relied on the judgment of Full Bench of of this Court in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav -Versus- 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 the Act can be maintained, despite the bar under Section 76 (2) of the Act, if on the basis of allegation made in the First Information Report, no offence under the said provision is made out. Learned APP appearing for the State of Bihar 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.

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 his furnishing bonds of Rs

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34323 of 2023(2) dt.24-06-2023 3/3 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Exclusive Special Judge, Excise Court No II, Buxar in Simari (Dera OP) PS Case No 99 of 2023, subject to all conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of Criminal Procedure Code.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) M.E.H./- U T