Raman Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86459 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-254 Year-2025 Thana- MANIYARI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Raman Kumar Son of Devilal Sahni @ Devilal Sahni R/O Village- Sonbarsa Shah @ Sonvarsha Sah, P.S.- Maniyari, Distt.- Muzaffarpur, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Prabhat Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Bharat Lal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 18-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Maniyari P.S. Case No.254 of 2025, F.I.R dated 01.09.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022.
3. As per the prosecution case, A.S.I. Abhishek Kumar received secret information that Balma Kumar and Raman Kumar were unloading boxes of liquor at the half-constructed house of Pintu Sahani. The police searched for the pick-up van but did not find it. On reaching the house, two persons fled on seeing the police and were identified by villagers as Balma Kumar and Raman Kumar. Upon search of the house, 517.320
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86459 of 2025(2) dt.18-12-2025 2/3 litres of foreign liquor were recovered.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the recovery has been made from a half constructed house, which is in the name of Pintu Sahani, an open space and is accessible to all. It has next been submitted that Pintu Sahani is a family member of this petitioner but this petitioner has nothing to do with the seized materials and has falsely been implicated in the present case due to local politics. The petitioner has clean antecedent and is a man of means.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail application.
6. Regard being had to the submission made by the parties, taking into consideration the fact that illicit liquor has not been recovered from the constructive possession and / or premises belonging to the petitioner and petitioner has nothing to do with the seized materials and has falsely been implicated in the present case due to local politics and the petitioner has clean antecedent, accordingly, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
7. Let the petitioner, above named, be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today on
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86459 of 2025(2) dt.18-12-2025 3/3 furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Judge, Excise-II, Muzaffarpur, in connection with Maniyari P.S. Case No.254 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.
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