Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjit Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44903 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-116 Year-2026 Thana- HASANPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjit Mahto Son of Rajendra Mahto Resident of village - Goriyari, Police Station - Hasanpur, District - Samastipur ... ... Petitioner

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Mahendra Pratap, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Manoj Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 08-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The accused-petitioner, named in the F.I.R., is apprehending his arrest in connection with Hasanpur P.S. Case No. 116 of 2026 registered for the offences under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The allegation against the petitioner is to involve in illegal trading/manufacturing of illicit liquor. It is alleged that total 29.250 liters of prohibited foreign liquor was recovered from the backside wall of the old house of the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the alleged illicit liquor was recovered beside the back wall of the old house of the petitioner, in which other family members were also living and accessible to general public. It is submitted that nothing incriminating has been recovered from conscious physical possession of this petitioner. It is further

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44903 of 2026(2) dt.08-07-2026 2/2 submitted that due to previous criminal antecedents of the petitioner, he was implicated in the present case also, as the petitioner found involved in six more criminal cases, in which he is on bail.

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

6. In view of the aforesaid factual submissions and by taking note of the fact as recovery of illicit liquor prima-facie not appears to be made from physical possession of this petitioner, accordingly, above-named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from this order, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing of bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Court of Learned Special Judge, Excise - I, Samastipur/concerned court in connection with Hasanpur P.S. Case No. 116 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C/Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (in short "B.N.S.S.").

(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J) Rajeev/- U T