Girjanand Mehta @ Girjanand Mehtha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62330 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-50 Year-2025 Thana- RATANPUR District- Supaul ====================================================== Girjanand Mehta @ Girjanand Mehtha S/o- Late Gullet Mehta Resident of village - Bhagwanpur, Ward No. 09, Police Station - Ratanpura, District - Supaul ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Arun For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Pronoti Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 24-09-2025

1. 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 Ratanpura Police Station Case No. 50 of 2025, dated 09.06.2025, disclosing offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. The prosecution story, as per the First Information Report, is that on 09.06.2025, on secret information, the police reached at the place of occurrence and on seeing the police party, one person started fleeing away and succeeded in it. Upon search, 69 litres of Nepali liquor was recovered from near the backside of the petitioner's house at Mahogni orchard.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62330 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 2/3

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence in the manner alleged and he has falsely been made accused in the present case due to village politics and on the basis of secret information. He further submits that illicit liquor has not been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and/or premises belonging to him and from perusal of the seizure list it would be evident that illicit liquor has been recovered from the Mahogni orchard situated at back side of the petitioner's house which is open space accessible to all and sundry.

5. Regards being had to the submission made by the parties and taking into consideration the fact that the petitioner is not having any criminal antecedent, illicit liquor has been recovered from the orchard which is open space accessible to all and sundry, 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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62330 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 3/3 to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Judge, Excise, Court 2, Supaul, in connection with Ratanpura Police Station Case No. 50 of 2025, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) ashwani/- U T