Ranjit Kumar @ Ranjit Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.80566 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-54 Year-2025 Thana- Sinha District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Ranjit Kumar @ Ranjit Yadav Son of Hoti Lal Ray Resident of Village- New Jakkanpur, P.S.- Jakkanpur, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shashank Shekhar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Kanhiya Kishor ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 03-02-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the defects as pointed out by the office has been removed today by filing supplementary affidavit along with typed copy of the relevant pages. It is next submitted that petitioner has antecedent of three case and allegation is of recovery of 164.4 litres of liquor from a car. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated based on the fact that he is owner of the seized vehicle. It is next submitted
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80566 of 2025(3) dt.03-02-2026 2/3 that no prudent person would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated. It is also submitted that the petitioner was completely unaware that Arya Guddu would misuse his vehicle in the manner as alleged, who was also apprehended from the spot.
4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
5. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.15,000/- (Rupees fifteen thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Sinha P.S. Case No.54/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
6. It is made clear that the learned trial court thereafter shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than three cases, in that event, it would be presumed that petitioner
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80566 of 2025(3) dt.03-02-2026 3/3 had concealed his antecedent before this court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if on verification it is found that petitioner has antecedent of three cases, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
7. At this stage, the learned counsel for the petitioner based on instruction submits that petitioner undertakes to deposit an amount of Rs.5000/- with Lawyers' Association, Patna High Court within a period of two weeks from today. (Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T