Ranjan Singh @ Bhutani SinghversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43627 of 2026
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-41 Year-2026 Thana- Excise Dumraon District- Buxar
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                 Ranjan Singh @ Bhutani Singh Son of Hira Singh @ Heera Sing Resident of
                 Village - Chilhari, Police Station - Naya Bhojpur, District - Buxar (Bihar).

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

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :        Mr.Akash Kumar Mishra, Advocate
                 For the State            :        Ms.Gulnar Begum, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   06-07-2026                   Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   APP for the State.

                                 2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with

                   Dumraon Excise P.S. Case No. 41 of 2026 registered for the

                   offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition

                   and Excise (Amendment) Act.

                                 3. As per the prosecution case, there is recovery of

                   7.380 litres of illicit liquor from a white coloured plastic bag.

                                 4. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the

                   petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been

                   implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the

                   conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner is in

                   custody since 30.05.2026.

                                 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
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          petitioner is ready to donate Rs. 20,000/- in some charitable

          organization without accepting his guilt.

                       6. Learned APP appearing for the State opposes the

          prayer for bail of the petitioner.

                       7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case

          and submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner, let the

          petitioner, above named, be released on bail upon furnishing

          bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the

          like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special

          Judge, Excise Court No. 2, Buxar /concerned Court below in

          connection with Dumraon Excise P.S. Case No. 41 of 2026.

                       8. This is also subject to the condition that the

          petitioner shall deposit an amount of Rs. 20,000/- in

          Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Ramakrishna Avenue, Nala

          Road Patna, Bihar and produce the receipt of the same before

          the Court below. The bail bonds of the petitioner shall be

          accepted after verifying the genuineness of the receipt produced

          by the petitioner.

                       9. As a condition of this order, the petitioner after

          being released on bail is directed to mark his attendance at Naya

          Bhojpur Police Station, District-Buxar on the first and third

          Sunday of each month. Any default in appearance at the police
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                     station will result in cancellation of bail bonds of the petitioner.

                                  10. It is, however, clarified that the observations made

                     herein are limited to the adjudication of the present bail

                     application and shall not prejudice the case of the petitioner at

                     any subsequent stage of the trial and this Court has not express

                     any opinion on the merits of the case.


                                                                          (Sandeep Kumar, J)

P. Kumar

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