Ranjit Paswan @ Ranjeet Paswan @ Ranjeet Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72206 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-15 Year-2023 Thana- PUSA District- Samastipur ====================================================== RANJIT PASWAN @ RANJEET PASWAN @ RANJEET KUMAR S/O YOGENDRA PASWAN @ YOGENDR PASWAN R/O VILLAGEMALIKAUR, P.S.- PUSA, DIST.- SAMASTIPUR ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Dilip Kumar Roy For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Sanjay Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 29-11-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Pusa P.S. Case No.15 of 2023, registered for the offences punishable u/s 30 (a), 32(i), 32(ii), 41(i), 41(ii) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022.
3. Altogether 197.805 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from the house of the petitioner. The mother of the petitioner was apprehended on the spot.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner. He has no concern either
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72206 of 2023(2) dt.29-11-2023 2/2 with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. He has been falsely implicated in this case at the instance of his enemy. He was not apprehended on the spot and his name transpired in the case only on the basis of secret information. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for grant of bail.
6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case as the recovery has been made from the house of the petitioner, I am not inclined to enlarge him on bail. The prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on his behalf is hereby rejected.
7. This application is, accordingly, dismissed. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) shikha/- U T