Ranjeet Ray @ Ranjit Kumar Ray v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34435 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-118 Year-2025 Thana- RAJNAGAR District- Madhubani ====================================================== Ranjeet Ray @ Ranjit Kumar Ray S/o- Gauri Ray @ Gorishankar Ray Village- Rajnagar Churi Bazar Pokhra P.S. Rajnagar District-Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Md Soban Asghar, Adv.
For the State :
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 08-07-2025 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 Sections 274, 275 of the B.N.S., 2023 and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The recovery of total 18 litres of foreign liquor has been shown from a thatched hut located near Churi Bazar Pokhri.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no recovery was made from physical and conscious possession of the petitioner. His name has surfaced in this case on account of a secret information based on suspicion. The said thatched hut does not belong to the petitioner and it is located in an open
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34435 of 2025(3) dt.08-07-2025 2/3 area which is accessible to all. It is further submitted that the process of search and seizure also amounts to violation of the mandatory provisions as there is no independent witness to the said seizure.
5. Learned APP for the State, however, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail on the ground that the petitioner has three criminal antecedents of similar nature. In response to the same, it is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he is on bail in all the three cases.
6. Considering the entire facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned lower Court where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Rajnagar P.S. Case No. 118 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C/ 482 (2) of the BNSS, 2023 and also to the following conditions that:
(I) One of the bailors shall be a family member or a close relative of the petitioner, who would give an affidavit giving
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34435 of 2025(3) dt.08-07-2025 3/3 genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. (II) The learned Court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the learned Court below shall take steps for cancellation of bail bonds of the petitioner. However, it is expected that the verification process would be done expeditiously without causing delay. (III) The petitioner shall appear before the Investigating Officer of the concerned Police Station at an interval of every 15 days till charge sheet is submitted against him. (Soni Shrivastava, J) divyanshi/- U T