Ranjan Prasad Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52050 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1823 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Patna ====================================================== Ranjan Prasad Yadav S/O Late Baijnath Prasad Yadav @ Late Baijunath Prasad Yadav Resident of Loharwa Ghat, P.S.- Alamganj, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Shyam Bihari Singh, A.P.P ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR ORAL ORDER 29-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 1823 of 2025 lodged on 26.09.2025, for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a) and 56(b) of Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act.
3. As per the prosecution, when the informant received a secret information that illicit liquor is being transported on a E-Rickshaw, acting on it, the informant along with the raiding team, reached near Pillar No. 47 and intercepted the E-Rickshaw. During the search, 60 litres of country-made liquor were allegedly recovered. Two persons, namely Jitendra Kumar and Vicky Kumar Sahani, were apprehended at the spot, and a seizure list was duly prepared.
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4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Counsel further submits that the petitioner has clean antecedent and nothing to do with the recovered liquor. The counsel also submits that the petitioner is owner of the E-Rickshaw but the driver was the one who was incharge of it.
5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
6. Having heard the parties, I am of the considered view that since the petitioner is having a clean antecedent and is merely the registered owner of the said vehicle, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge Excise III, Patna in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 1823 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down U/s 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 and also subject to the following conditions: (I) One of the bailors shall be the petitioner's own or close member.
(II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date
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(IV) The Petitioner shall not commit offence of a similar nature in future. In case of violation of any of the aforesaid conditions, the Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.
(Alok Kumar, J) Bipin/- U T