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Ranjeet Yadav @ Deyari Ranjeet Ray @ Ranjit Yadav v. the State of Bihar

Patna HC16 Apr 2024CR. MISC./25721/2024

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Anticipatory bail application in an excise case involving recovery of illicit Nepali country-made liquor from a motorcycle. Relying on the Full Bench ruling in Ram Vinay Yadav, the court held the Section 76(2) bar was not attracted and enlarged the petitioner on anticipatory bail.

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Petitioner to be enlarged on anticipatory bail within six weeks on Rs. 20,000 bond with two sureties of like amount, subject to s.438(2) CrPC conditions.

Ranjeet Yadav @ Deyari Ranjeet Ray @ Ranjit Yadav Vs the… — Narcotics (NDPS) | Patna HC (2024)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25721 of 2024

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-602 Year-2023 Thana- RUNISAIDPUR District- Sitamarhi

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Ranjeet Yadav @ Deyari Ranjeet Ray @ Ranjit Yadav S/O Nemichandra Ray @ Chandar Ray R/O Village- Kauriya, P.S- Runnisaidpur, Distt.- Sitamarhi.

... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Pushpendra Kumar Singh, Advocate Mr. Smt. Divya Bharti, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Sanjay Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH

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ORAL ORDER

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2 16-04-2024

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

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Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

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2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Runnisaidpur P.S. Case No. 602/2023 dated 09.12.2023 for the offences punishable u/s 414 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

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3. As per the prosecution case, total 38.1 litres of illicit Nepali country-made liquor was recovered from the gunny bag kept on the motorcycle.

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4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25721 of 2024(2) dt.16-04-2024 2/3

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para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the said vehicle. The apprehended person disclosed the name of the petitioner. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner, hence no case is made out. Learned Counsel has relied on the judgment of Full Bench of Hon'ble Patna High Court in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. State of Bihar reported in 2019 (2) PLJR 1089 . The Full Bench in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav (supra) has held that an application for anticipatory bail in a case arising out of Bihar Excise and Prohibition Act can be maintained, despite the bar under Section 76 (2) of the Act, if on the basis of allegation made in the FIR, no offence under the said provision is made out.

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5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner by submitting that the bar of Section 76(2) of the Act applies in this case.

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6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the nature of allegation against the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25721 of 2024(2) dt.16-04-2024 3/3

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20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Sitamarhi in connection with Runnisaidpur P.S. Case No. 602/2023, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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7. This application stands allowed.

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(Chandra Prakash Singh, J)

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atul/-

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Ranjeet Yadav @ Deyari Ranjeet Ray @ Ranjit Yadav v. the State of Bihar

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