Ranjit Rai @ Ranjit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59860 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-115 Year-2025 Thana- Gadhiya Bazar District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ranjit Rai @ Ranjit Kumar, S/o Gagandev Ray, R/o Village- Maripur Milik, Khodadpur, P.S.- Gadahiya Bazar, East Champaran, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Vikash Kumar Pankaj, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Raj Kishor Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER 23-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail, apprehending his arrest, in connection with Gadahiya Bazar P.S. Case No.115 of 2025, dated-08.06.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment)Act, 2022.
3. As per allegation, 30.750 litre of illicit liquor has been recovered from maize field.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. He further submits that the recovery has been made from an open space accessible to the public at large. He also submits that there is no material available which could connect the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59860 of 2025(2) dt.23-09-2025 2/3 Petitioner to the alleged offence. He also submits that no prima facie case is made out against the petitioner his anticipatory bail petition is maintainable.
5. It is also stated in paragraph no. 2 of the bail petition that the petitioner has not moved this Court earlier either for anticipatory bail or regular one in the instant case.
6. It has further been stated in paragraph no.3 of the bail petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents.
7. However, learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer of the Petitioner for bail.
8. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed, directing the petitioner, above-named, to be enlarged on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on his furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000 /- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned concerned Court below, in connection with Gadahiya Bazar P.S. Case No.115 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 and on the following conditions:
(i) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59860 of 2025(2) dt.23-09-2025 3/3 below that the petitioner has any criminal antecedents, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner after hearing him and getting satisfied that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedents despite his knowledge of the same.
(ii) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that statement regarding previous bail petition is wrong, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. (Jitendra Kumar, J.) Chandan/- U T