Ranjeet Sah @ Ranjeet Kumar Sah @ Ranjeet Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43405 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-71 Year-2024 Thana- DHAMDAHA District- Purnia ====================================================== Ranjeet Sah @ Ranjeet Kumar Sah @ Ranjeet Kumar son of Subhash Kumar Sah Village- Amari Kukron W.No-5, Ps- Dhamdaha Dist- Purnea ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. N.K. Agrawal, Sr. Advocate Mr. Bidhu Ranjan, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Pranav Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-07-2024 Heard learned counsels for the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, Section 21(c) of the narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and Sections 27(i)(ii) and 27C of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
3. As per prosecution case, 112 litres Indian made foreign liquor has been recovered from the rented house this petitioner.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of this petitioner and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43405 of 2024(2) dt.23-07-2024 2/2 the alleged recovery has been made in absence of owner or any member of the house. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and submitted that huge quantity of liquor has been recovered from the rented house of this petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, nature of accusation and huge quantity of liquor that has been recovered, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is rejected.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T