Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Prasad v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.46812 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-679 Year-2021 Thana- NAWADA District- Nawada ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Prasad Son Of Mahendra Prasad Resident Of Village - Dharhara, Jhurjhuri, P.S. - Barkatta, District - Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Anirudh Kumar Verma For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Lakshmi Kant Sharma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH CHAND MALVIYA ORAL ORDER 09-08-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Nawada Town P.S Case No. 679 of 2021 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 33, 34 and 36 of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

3. As per prosecution case, many persons died due to consumption of spurious liquor which was purchased from some unknown persons.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. It

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.46812 of 2024(4) dt.09-08-2024 2/3 is further submitted that no incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner is not named in FIR whereas petitioner's name transpired on the basis of confessional statement of the co-accused. Petitioner is in custody since 24.08.2023. Similarly situated co-accused persons, namely, Kaushal Yadav, Suraj Kumar, Vidhan Yadav, Utpalkant @ Babloo Kumar and Pramod Yadav have already been granted bail by Co-ordinate Bench in Cr. Misc. Nos. 50145 of 2023, 50163 of 2023, 50905 of 2023, 51299 of 2023, 12269 of 2024 and 71747 of 2023 vide orders dated 16.08.2023, 27.02.2024 and 10.04.2024 respectively.

5. However, learned APP for the State oppose the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner.

6. On perusal of the FIR, impugned order and period of custody and also considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and submissions made on behalf of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.46812 of 2024(4) dt.09-08-2024 3/3 of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge-I, Nawada in connection with Nawada Town P.S Case No. 679 of 2021.

(Ramesh Chand Malviya, J) Brajesh Kumar/- U T