Ranjit Chaudhary @ Ranjit Kumar Vs The State of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45947 of 2026

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-156 Year-2026 Thana- NARDIGANJ District- Nawada

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Ranjit Chaudhary @ Ranjit Kumar S/O Late Vijay Chaudhary Resident Of Village- Sandalpur, P.S.- Nardiganj, District- Nawada

... ... Petitioner/S

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The State Of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Sheo Nandan Prasad For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Akbar Ali ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

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2 09-07-2026

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

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The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act.

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The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of two cases under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 45 litres of liquor from a place near a palm tree in front of the house of the petitioner.

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The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a place, which does not belong to the petitioner, but then, is adjacent to his house and he came to be

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implicated at the instance of Chaukidar with whom he is on an inimical term. It is further submitted that if Chaukidar was aware of the involvement of the petitioners in the occurrence, then why he did not inform the police prior to institution of the present F.I.R., which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution.

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Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application.

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Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on provisional anticipatory bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Nardiganj P. S. Case No.156 of 2026, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

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The application stands allowed.

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It is made clear that the learned trial Court after accepting the provisional bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if it is

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found that petitioner has antecedent of more than two cases, then it would be presumed that petitioner for the purposes of obtaining anticipatory bail had concealed his antecedent before this Court, in that event, the present provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but if on verification, it is found that petitioner has antecedent of two cases only, in that event, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

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(Satyavrat Verma, J)

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vikash/-

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Ranjit Chaudhary @ Ranjit Kumar v. The State of Bihar

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