Rohit Kumar Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CR. MISC. No.5424 of 2025, oral order dated 25-04-2025, Chandra Prakash Singh, J. Anticipatory bail granted to Rohit Kumar Singh in Rivilganj P.S. Case No. 179 of 2024 (District Saran) under Sections 30(a) and 41(i), Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act; alleged recovery of 2316 litres of illicit foreign liquor; Section 76(2) statutory bar raised by the A.P.P.; petitioner's counsel relied on Full Bench ruling in Ram Vinay Yadav vs. State of Bihar, 2019 (2) PLJR 1089 on maintainability of anticipatory bail applications in Excise Act cases; co-accused earlier granted anticipatory bail vide order dated 20.11.2024 in Cr. Misc. No. 63904 of 2024; bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- with two like sureties; conditions under section 438(2), Code of Criminal Procedure; application allowed.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail — petitioner to be enlarged on bail upon arrest/surrender within six weeks, on bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Saran at Chapra, in connection with Rivilganj P.S. Case No. 179 of 2024, subject to conditions under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.