Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Kr. Prasad v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.67547 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-122 Year-2021 Thana- BIDUPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Kr. Prasad S/o Lakshman Prasad Resident of Village- Kalyanpur, P.S.- Bidupur, District- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr.Rakesh Kumar Soni, Advocate For the Opposite Party :

Mrs.Sangeeta Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 24-12-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Bidupur P.S. Case No.122 of 2021 registered for offences under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018.

It is being submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the vehicle in question was sold to co-accused, namely, Raushan Kumar.

Considering the above submission, petitioner, abovenamed, in the event of his arrest or surrender within four weeks from today, is granted provisional bail, till submission of the charge sheet, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.67547 of 2021(2) dt.24-12-2021 2/2 satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Bidupur P.S. Case No.122 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

After the petitioner is released on provisional anticipatory bail, he will join investigation and the Investigating Officer will conduct investigation of the case on this point as to whether the petitioner sold the vehicle in question to the coaccused or not. If his contention is found true, he shall continue on anticipatory bail even after submission of charge sheet. If his contention is found false, his bail bond shall stand automatically cancelled.

With the aforesaid observation and direction, the anticipatory bail application is allowed.

(Sandeep Kumar, J) BT/- U T