Patna High Court
Krishna YadavversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The court granted provisional anticipatory bail subject to bond, sureties, and verification of antecedent, under its inherent powers.
Summary
Krishna Yadav was implicated in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act for the alleged recovery of 50 litres of liquor from two motorcycles, one of which he owned. He argued that he was not in possession of the liquor, had a clean antecedent, and was unaware that another person misused his vehicle. The State opposed his request for anticipatory bail. The High Court, considering these submissions, granted provisional anticipatory bail subject to a bail bond of Rs. 500 and two sureties, pending verification of his criminal antecedent. The order stipulated that if any antecedent is discovered, the bail would not be confirmed; otherwise, it would be confirmed. The decision was based on the court’s inherent powers under Section 482(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail can be granted in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act
- Whether ownership of the vehicle used in the alleged offence implicates the owner for anticipatory bail purposes
- Whether the petitioner’s clean antecedent affects the grant of anticipatory bail
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- excise law
- ownership of vehicle
- clean antecedent
- Section 30
- Section 482
- high court
- bail conditions
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18789 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-140 Year-2025 Thana- JAGDISHPUR District- Bhojpur
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Krishna Yadav Son of Manan Yadav Resident of Village - Chakani, Police
Station - Brahmpur, District - Buxar.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Akash Kumar Mishra
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Khurshid Anwar
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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 the
petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of
recovery of 50 litres of liquor from two different motorcycles.
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 he came to be
implicated based on the fact that he is owner of one of the
seized vehicles. It is next submitted that no prudent person
would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and
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thus would create evidence against himself and hence would get
implicated. It is further submitted that petitioner was completely
unaware that Pawan would misuse the vehicle in the manner as
alleged, who was also apprehended from the spot along with
Tanmay Pathak.
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 within a period of six weeks
from today, be released on Provisional anticipatory bail on
furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) 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 Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 140 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
event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case
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
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confirmed, but after verification if it is found that petitioner is a
person with clean antecedent in that event the provisional
anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
vikash/-
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