Sanjivan Kumar @ Sanjivan Ram v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.11059 of 2025, decided 18-07-2025 by Chandra Prakash Singh, J. Anticipatory bail granted in Buxar (Industrial) P.S. Case No. 254 of 2024 under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act despite the State's plea that the Section 76(2) bar applied; counsel relied on the Full Bench decision in Ram Vinay Yadav vs. State of Bihar 2019 (2) PLJR 1089; bail bond of Rs. 20,000 with two sureties; conditions under Section 482(2) BNSS; mandatory personal appearance before the trial court on each date. Keywords: anticipatory bail, Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, Section 76(2) bar, illicit foreign liquor, BNSS Section 482(2), Buxar.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: petitioner to be enlarged on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000 with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to conditions under section 482(2) of the BNSS and personal appearance before the court below on each date; arrest/surrender within six weeks.