Ravindra Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.48820 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-203 Year-2025 Thana- KHAJAULI District- Madhubani ====================================================== Ravindra Kumar Singh S/O Yadunandan Singh R/O Village- Kasma Marar, P.S - Khajauli, District - Madhubani.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Gauri Shankar Gupta, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 22-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. This application for anticipatory bail arises out of Khajauli P.S. Case No. 203 of 2025 for the offence punishable under Sections 274, 275, 3(5) of the B.N.S. and under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, based on secret information, a motorcycle was intercepted. Upon seeing the police party, the persons seated on the motorcycle attempted to flee and subsequently managed to escape. From the motorcycle, a total of 129 liters of country-made liquor was recovered.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case by the local chowkidar, who named the petitioner as one of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.48820 of 2026(2) dt.22-07-2026 2/3 persons who fled from the alleged place of seizure. It has been submitted that this statement was made by the chowkidar due to prior enmity with the petitioner. It has further been submitted that nothing was recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and that the procedure prescribed under Section 105 of the B.N.S.S. was not followed. Lastly, it has been submitted that although the petitioner is an accused in five other cases, those cases are not of similar in nature, and he has already been granted bail in one of them.

5. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer of anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Heard the parties and perused the record.

7. Considering the facts and circumstances as well as nature of material against the petitioner, let the petitioner above named, in the event of his arrest/surrender within six weeks from today in the Court below, 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 Exclusive Special Judge Excise Madhubani, in connection with Khajauli P.S. Case No. 203 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita.

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8. This application stands allowed.

(Praveen Kumar, J) Sahil/- U T