Ranjeet Dhangar @ Ranjeet Dhangad v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32082 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-101 Year-2025 Thana- CHHATAUNI District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ranjeet Dhangar @ Ranjeet Dhangad S/o Vishwanath Dhangar @ Vishwanath Dhandar Resident of Village- Dhangartoli, Near Payal Cinema Hall, P.S.-Chhatauni, District- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Dhurendra Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ramesh Chandra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER 22-05-2025 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Chhatauni P.S. Case No. 101 of 2025 registered for the offences under Section 30(a) of Excise Act.
3. As per the prosecution story, the police officials conducted a raid on a secret information and recovered 37.500 litres Nepali liquour near the Payal Cinema Hall behind Dhangartoli. It is further alleged that the petitioner had kept the said liquor for the purpose of sale.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
2/4 the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case merely because he carries seven criminal antecedents of similar nature. It has further been submitted that neither the petitioner was apprehended from the spot nor any incriminating article has been recovered from his conscious possession. It is next submitted that the recovery was made from near the Payal Cinema Hall, which is a common place and accessible to all. It has lastly been submitted that the petitioner is in custody since 24.02.2025.
5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the petitioner is a habitual offender and there are seven cases of similar offence against the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid submissions and taking into account that 37.500 litres of Nepali liquor was recovered from an open space, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on deposit of a sum of Rs. 5000/- in the account of the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna and an acknowledgment
3/4 receipt be submitted before the learned Court below prior to the furnishing of bail bond, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No.-1, East Champaran, Motihari, in connection with Chhatauni P.S. Case No. 101 of 2025, subject to the conditions that:
a. One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be his/her close relative.
b. The petitioner shall remain physically present in Court on each date of trial.
c. In case of absence on two consecutive dates, or in violation of the terms of the bail and if the prosecution finds the involvement of the petitioner in similar nature of offence, the bail bond of the petitioner will be liable to be cancelled by the Court concerned.
d. And further condition that the court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case if it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent other than the seven cases mentioned in paragraph no. 3 of the present
4/4 bail application, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bonds of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.
e. If the petitioner is found involved in a similar nature of offence, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move the lower court for cancellation of bail.
(Sourendra Pandey, J) aditya/- U T