Ranjeet Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47406 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-167 Year-2023 Thana- HISUWA District- Nawada ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar Son Of Suresh Yadav Resident Of Village - Rajbigha, P.S.- Hisua, District - Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sheo Kumar Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Anant Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 25-07-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has one antecedent and the allegation is of recovery of 70 litres of country made liquor from the sack found near the hill side road of village Hasanpur.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated at the instance of Dafadar with whom he is on an inimical term. It is next submitted that even alleged recovery is
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47406 of 2023(2) dt.25-07-2023 2/2 from a place which is accessible to public at large.
5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the bail application.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 5,000/-(Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge 1st Nawada, in connection with Hisua P.S. Case No 167 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sankalp/- U T