Rana Rakesh SinghversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15169 of 2026
                       Arising Out of PS. Case No.-269 Year-2015 Thana- GRIYAK District- Nalanda
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                 Rana Rakesh Singh S/O Uma Sankar Singh Resident of ward No. 07, Shiv
                 Mandir Chakpar, Rajgir, P.S.- Rajgir, Dist.- Nalanda.

                                                                                   ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
                 The State of Bihar Patna

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Ravi Kumar Sinha
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr.Anil Kumar Singh No. 1
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
                                       ORAL ORDER

3   06-05-2026               1.    Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and

                   learned A.P.P. for the State.

                             2.    The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection

                   with Giriyak PS case No. 269 of 2015 registered for the

                   offences punishable under Sections 171(3), 272, 273, 419, 420,

                   467, 468, 471, 188 of the IPC and Section 47A of the Bihar

                   Excise Act.

                             3.    Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

                   petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of

                   recovery of 1950 litres of beer from a pickup vehicle and Vinay

                   was arrested, who disclosed the name of the driver as Mantu

                   who fled.

                             4.    Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

                   petitioner was not named in the FIR nor Vinay in his
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          confessional statement disclosed the name of the petitioner nor

          the seized vehicle belongs to the petitioner. It is next submitted

          that case is of the year 2015 and petitioner had excise license for

          doing business of liquor. It is further submitted that during the

          course of investigation, one Sachin was arrested and the

          Investigating Officer based on arrest of Sachin, got suspicious

          that petitioner might be involved in the occurrence since Sachin

          worked for the petitioner, but then Sachin did not disclose the

          name of the petitioner. It is also submitted that no doubt the case

          is of the year 2015, but then no effort was made by the police to

          arrest the petitioner nor petitioner was aware of his implication,

          it was only in the year 2026, when police came knocking the

          door of the petitioner then he came to know that he came to be

          implicated in the instant case based on suspicion. It is next

          submitted that if privilege of anticipatory bail is granted to the

          petitioner, the petitioner will not abscond rather will co-operate

          in the investigation to prove his innocence.

                   5.     Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for

          anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

                   6.     Considering the submissions made by the learned

          counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the

          event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks
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                        from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail

                        bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten 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 Giriyak PS case No. 269 of 2015 subject to the conditions

                        as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.



                                                  (Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sumit/-

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