Patna High Court
Amar Kumar @ Amarjeet SinghversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The court conditionally granted anticipatory bail, subject to verification of the petitioner’s criminal antecedent.
Summary
The petitioner, Amar Kumar, sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act for alleged recovery of 5.94 litres of liquor near a middle school. He argued that he was not arrested at the spot, no liquor was found in his possession, and the accusation was based solely on secret information, a pattern he claimed existed in his prior excise cases. The State opposed the bail, citing the seriousness of the offence. The High Court, considering these submissions, granted provisional anticipatory bail conditioned on a bail bond of Rs. 20,000 with two sureties and directed verification of his criminal antecedent within six weeks. It further stipulated that if more than four prior cases are found, the bail would be revoked, but if exactly four are confirmed, the provisional order would be made final.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail under Section 482(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
- Whether the alleged recovery of liquor and the manner of investigation justify denial of anticipatory bail.
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- excise offence
- Section 30
- secret information
- criminal antecedent
- high court
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13615 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-5 Year-2026 Thana- KARTAHA District- Vaishali
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Amar Kumar @ Amarjeet Singh S/o- Awdhesh Singh R/v- Thegadih Ps-
Kartahan Dist- VAishali
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Deepak Kumar Singh
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Rajesh Kumar
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 12-03-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and
learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case
registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the
Bihar Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
petitioner has antecedent of four cases under the Excise Act and
allegation is of recovery of 5.94 litres of liquor from a place
near a middle school.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was
recovered from his conscious possession and even the alleged
recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner
and he came to be implicated based on secret information which
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is the easiest way to implicate someone. It is further submitted
that once an accused is implicated in a case relating to excise,
the police starts implicating mechanically either at the instance
of Chowkidar, local person, confessional statement or secret
information without holding a proper investigation. It is also
submitted that petitioner earlier also came to be implicated in a
similar manner in cases relating to excise.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for
anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. 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 trial court within a
period of six weeks from today, be released on Provisional
anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees
Twenty 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 Kartahan P.S. Case
No. 5 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under
Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
7. It is made clear that thereafter the learned Trial Court
shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the
event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than four
cases then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of
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seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his antecedent before this
Court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be
confirmed, but after verification if it is found that petitioner has
antecedent of four cases in that event the provisional anticipatory
bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sumit/-
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