Shri Ranjit Paswan @ Ranjeet Paswan @ Ranjeet Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.48121 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-15 Year-2023 Thana- PUSA District- Samastipur ====================================================== Shri Ranjit Paswan @ Ranjeet Paswan @ Ranjeet Kumar S/o- Shri Yogendra Paswan @ Yogendr Paswan Resident of Malikorh ward no- 10 P.S- Pusa, Dist- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Pramod Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Anish Chandra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 24-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Pusa P.S. Case No. 15 of 2023 dated 13.02.2023 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 32(1), 32(2), 41(1) and 41(2) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, total 197.805 litres of illicit liquor was recovered from the house of the co-accused.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has clean antecedent
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.48121 of 2025(2) dt.24-07-2025 2/2 as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 31.05.2025. The co-accused person has already been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 27.07.2023 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 43408 of 2023.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Samastipur in connection with Pusa P.S. Case No. 15 of 2023.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shivam/- U T