Ranjit Rai @ Ranjeet Rai v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted; Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2018 S. 30(a); Section 76(2) bar on anticipatory bail in excise cases; Full Bench precedent Ram Vinay Yadav v. State of Bihar 2019 (2) PLJR 1089; illicit liquor recovery 500 litres Raw Jawa Mahua, 40 drams, 5 bhattis from Ganga Diara; 200 litres country liquor; four criminal antecedents; disclosure by local choukidar; open and accessible recovery site; no conscious possession; bail-bond Rs. 20,000 with two sureties; conditions under section 438(2) CrPC; Bidupur P.S. Case No. 473 of 2022, District Vaishali; CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10597 of 2024; Justice Chandra Prakash Singh; decision dated 26-02-2024.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to the petitioner upon arrest/surrender within six weeks, on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to conditions under section 438(2) CrPC, to the satisfaction of the court concerned, Vaishali at Hajipur, in connection with Bidupur P.S. Case No. 473 of 2022.