Ranjan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.64870 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -263 Year- 2018 Thana -BIDUPUR District- VAISHALI(HAJIPUR) ====================================================== Ranjan Kumar, S/O Vasudev Singh @ Basu Rai, resident of Ward No. 7, Daudnagar, P.S. Bidupur, District-Vaishali.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner : Mr. Krishna Kumar, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mrs. Anita Kumari, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-10-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case for the offence registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that on 21.07.2018 at 20.00 o'clock, the informant got secret information that near Kanchanpur Chowk in a Banswari, wine is unloading from a Truck through co-accused Sanjay Kushwaha, Pawan Kumar, petitioner (Ranjan Kumar) and co-accused Manoj Kumar and same will be selling in local area. After instituting the information, the informant alongwith other police personnels reached at that place and saw that 8-10 persons was fleeing away from a

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.64870 of 2018 (2) dt.25-10-2018 2/3 Container. The informant chased them in a torch light and headlight of government vehicle but they fled away. The informant identified co-accused Sanjay Kushwaha, Pawan Kumar and Ranjan Kumar (petitioner). Thereafter, the informant recovered 1485 liters wine from the Container. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioner is alleged to have been identified by the police party. The petitioner is not known to the police party nor the police party is known to the petitioner. Hence, identification made by the police party is itself doubtful.

It is alleged that total 1485 liters wine is recovered from the Container in question. The Container in question does not belong to the petitioner. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner had no knowledge regarding the alleged incident. There is no compliance of Section 100 Cr. P.C. On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ Complaint Case.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.64870 of 2018 (2) dt.25-10-2018 3/3 Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge2nd-cum-Special Judge, Hajipur, Vaishali, in connection with Bidupur P.S. Case No. 263 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U