Ranjeet KumarversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44506 of 2026
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-246 Year-2025 Thana- SACHIVALAYA District- Patna
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                 Ranjeet Kumar S/o Late Umesh Rai Resident of Gautam Nagar, Janta Road,
                 Near Navrangi School, P.O. and P.S.- Gardanibagh, Distt.- Patna, Bihar

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

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Roushan Kumar
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr.Umanath Mishra
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   08-07-2026               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 Section 30(a) of the

                   Bihar Excise Act.

                             3.    Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

                   petitioner has antecedent of four cases under the Excise Act and

                   allegation is of recovery of 82.89 litres of liquor from three

                   vehicles.

                             4.    Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

                   petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was

                   recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be

                   implicated based on the fact that he is owner of one of the

                   seized vehicles, i.e., scooty. It is next submitted that no prudent
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          person would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence

          and thus would create evidence against himself and hence

          would get implicated, it is further submitted that petitioner was

          completely unaware that Anshu would misuse the vehicle in the

          manner as alleged, who was also apprehended from the spot

          along with four other named accused.

                   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 before the learned trial court within a

          period of six weeks from today, be released on Provisional

          anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees

          Twenty 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 Sachiwalaya P.S.

          Case No. 246 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down

          under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

                   7.     It is made clear that thereafter the learned Trial Court

          shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the

          event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than four

          cases then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of

          seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his antecedent before this
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                        Court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be

                        confirmed, but after verification if it is found that petitioner has

                        antecedent of four cases in that event the provisional anticipatory

                        bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.



                                                  (Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sumit/-

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