Ratnesh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62022 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-7 Year-2024 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Madhepura ====================================================== Ratnesh Kumar S/o- Dilip Yadav @ Bablu Yadav R/o- Rampatti Ward No 08 Ps- Belari OP Kumarkhand Dist- Madhepura ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Baijnath Sah, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Shyam Bihari Singh, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 24-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. This application for grant of anticipatory bail arises out of Madhepura Excise Police Station Case No. 07 of 2024, disclosing offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The prosecution case, as per the First Information Report, is that on 04.01.2024, informant got secret information that four co-accused persons including the petitioner are trading illicit foreign liquor and they were about to make home-delivery from Swift Dizre Car bearing Registration No. JH05BS1251 from Rampati Ward No. 07. On such information, police proceeded towards the place of occurrence and on seeing the police party, petitioner along with co-accused
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62022 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 2/3 persons tried to flee after leaving the said Car near the house of co-accused Chandan Kumar. On search, police recovered total 196.920 liters of illegal foreign liquor.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case on the basis of secret information. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession or vehicle of the petitioner. His name has come in the present case on the basis of two criminal antecedents.
5. Having regard to the submissions made by the parties and taking into consideration the justification given by the petitioner and the fact that nothing has been recovered from the conscious physical possession or vehicle of the petitioner, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail.
6. This application is, accordingly, allowed.
7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned District Additional and Sessions Judge-VII-cum-Special Judge, Excise-II, Madhepura/concerned court, in connection with Madhepura
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62022 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 3/3 Excise Police Station Case No. 07 of 2024, subject to the condition laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S. (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) Siwani/- U T