Rajesh Ranjan Yadav @ Rajesh Kumar Ranjan v. The State of Bihar
Pre-arrest (anticipatory) bail – Maintainability
Case brief
What is this about?
Criminal Miscellaneous No. 914 of 2025, Patna High Court, oral order dated 11-02-2025 by Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh: pre-arrest bail petition of Rajesh Ranjan Yadav @ Rajesh Kumar Ranjan, arising out of PS Case No. 150 of 2024, P.S. Karjain, District Supaul (offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2022 (Amended); alleged recovery of 23.025 litres of wine from petitioner's house), dismissed as not maintainable in view of the Full Bench decision of the Patna High Court in Ram Vinay Yadav vs. The State of Bihar, 2019(2) P.L.J.R. 1089 (F.B.). Petitioner's counsel: Kumar Goutam; for the State: Lakshmi Kant Sharma, APP. Keywords: anticipatory bail; pre-arrest bail; maintainability; Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act; Full Bench; Ram Vinay Yadav.
What did the court decide?
The pre-arrest bail petition is dismissed as not maintainable, the Court deciding with reference to its Full Bench decision in Ram Vinay Yadav vs. The State of Bihar (2019(2) P.L.J.R. 1089 (F.B.)).