Patna High Court
CR. MISC./49902/2026 of Ranjeet Kumar Vs The State of Bihar on 17 July 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49902 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2708 Year-2026 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Patna ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar S/o Rajnandan Munda R/o Village- Kurji Mohammadpur, Hari Nagar, P.S- Digha,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49902 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2708 Year-2026 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Patna ======================================================
Ranjeet Kumar S/o Rajnandan Munda R/o Village- Kurji Mohammadpur, Hari Nagar, P.S- Digha, Dist- Patna.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Aryan Singh, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ahmad Ali, A.P.P.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
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ORAL ORDER
17-07-2026
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 offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 41 and 56(b) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 1737 litres of liquor from a car.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It is further submitted that petitioner is not the owner of the seized vehicle and came to be implicated based on the confessional statement of Manoj Kumar in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value in the eye of law.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49902 of 2026(2) dt.17-07-2026
anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, let the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) 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 Patna Excise P.S. Case No. 2708 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. However, it is made clear that thereafter the learned Trial Court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his antecedent before this Court at para 3 of the anticipatory bail application in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if it is found on verification that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
Kundan/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T