Patna High Court
Tuntun NutversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
Provisional anticipatory bail is granted subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, pending verification of the petitioner’s criminal antecedents.
Summary
The petitioner, Tuntun Nut, sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act for alleged recovery of 30 litres of liquor from a public orchard. He argued that the liquor was not found in his possession, the site did not belong to him, and the complainant (the chowkidar) delayed informing police, casting doubt on the prosecution's case. The State opposed the bail, contending the seriousness of the offence and the petitioner’s prior criminal record. The Court, after considering the submissions, granted provisional anticipatory bail conditioned on a bail bond of Rs. 25,000 with two sureties and directed the trial court to verify the petitioner’s antecedents within six weeks. The order stipulated that if more than five prior cases are found, the bail would not be confirmed; otherwise, it would be confirmed forthwith.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
- Whether the petitioner’s prior criminal antecedents affect the grant of anticipatory bail.
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- excise offence
- Bihar Excise Act
- criminal antecedent
- Section 482
- provisional bail
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18282 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-290 Year-2025 Thana- JANTA BAZAR District- Saran
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Tuntun Nut Son of Late Hira Nut R/O Vill.- Senduar, P.S.- Janta Bazar,
District- Saran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Mrityunjay Kumar Tiwary, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 25-03-2026 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
petitioner has antecedent of five cases out of which three cases
are under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 30
liters of liquor from an orchard.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner was not apprehended 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
and is accessible to public at large and he came to be implicated
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at the instance of Chowkidar, but then it is submitted that if
Chowkidar was aware of the involvement of the petitioner in the
occurrence then why he did not inform the police prior to
institution of the instant FIR which casts an aspersion on the
case of the prosecution. It is also 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.
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.
25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five 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 Janta Bazar P.S. Case No. 290 of 2025 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
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event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than five
cases then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of
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 five cases only, in that event the provisional
anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Rishabh/-
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