Prabhat Kumar Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58094 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-19 Year-2025 Thana- BIHTA District- Patna ====================================================== Prabhat Kumar Ranjan, S/o Late Vijay Kumar Singh R/o Village- Arap, P.SBikram, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Braj Kishore Pd.(APP) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 16-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Bihta P.S. Case No. 19 of 2025, instituted under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act.

3. There is recovery of 80 litre country made liquor from the motorcycle bearing Registration No. BR01BE 3726 and the petitioner is registered owner of the said motorcycle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case due to registered owner of the motorcycle. It is submitted that the motorcycle in question was sold by the petitioner in the year 2023 to one Mandan Kumar and necessary documents were prepared at that time (copy of the said documents are attached with the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58094 of 2025(2) dt.16-09-2025 2/2 petition), however, name of the owner was not transferred. Petitioner has already given the motorcycle to the said purchaser. He has no concern either with the motorcycle or with the seized liquor. He had no knowledge that the said motorcycle has been misused by the accused persons. There is no independent witness to the seizure-list. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent. He undertakes to co-operate in the investigation and trial.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submission of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Excise Judge, Danapur, Patna in connection with Bihta P.S. Case No. 19 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.), 2023.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J.) rakhi/- U T