Ranjeet Kumar Yadav @ Ranjit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.75413 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-82 Year-2024 Thana- GHOGHARDIHA District- Madhubani ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar Yadav @ Ranjit Kumar S/o- Prayaglal Yadav @ Prayag Lal Yadav Village- Kewatna, P.S. Ghoghardiha, District-Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Jitendra Kumar Bharti, Advocate Ms. Nitu Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Surendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 14-11-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending his arrest in connection with Ghoghardiha P.S. Case no. 82 of 2024, registered under section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

3. As per the prosecution case, 18 litres of Nepali liquor was recovered from the motorcycle in question and one of the accused was taken into custody.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case only for the reason that he happens to be the registered owner of the motorcycle in question. It was the petitioner's brother who was driving the said vehicle when the alleged seizure is said to have

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75413 of 2024(2) dt.14-11-2024 2/2 taken place. No incriminating article has been recovered from the petitioner's possession and he has no criminal antecedent.

5. The application for anticipatory bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegations in the F.I.R, no incriminating article having been recovered from the petitioner's possession, the petitioner being implicated in the case only for the reason that he happens to be the registered owner of the vehicle in question and his not having any antecedent under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, it is directed that the petitioner above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Ghoghardiha P.S. Case no. 82 of 2024 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge Excise Act, Jhanjharpur, Madhubani.

(Partha Sarthy, J) Shiv/- U T