Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Yadav @ Chhotu v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34803 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-160 Year-2024 Thana- MUFFASIL District- West Champaran ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Yadav @ Chhotu Son of Chandrika Yadav R/O Vill.- Banuchapar, Ahir Toli, P.S.- Banuchapar O.P., Dist.- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ram Sevak Choudhary ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 16-05-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of two cases and allegation is of recovery of 7.2 liters of liquor from a motorcycle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of the seized motorcycle and he came to be implicated at the instance of local person but the name of the person who disclosed the name of the petitioner is not disclosed in the FIR

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34803 of 2024(2) dt.16-05-2024 2/2 which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Bettiah Muffasil Banuchhapara P.S. Case No. 160 of 2024 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. However, it is made clear the learned Trial Court before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than two cases in that event, the present anticipatory bail order shall not be given effect to. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Vikash/- U T