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Patna High Court

Satyam Kumar Yadav @ Satyam YadavversusThe State of Bihar

Decided
Disposal
DISPOSED

Holding

The Court granted provisional anticipatory bail to the petitioner, subject to conditions and verification of his criminal antecedent.

Summary

The petitioner, Satyam Kumar Yadav, applied for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code in connection with a case registered under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act for alleged recovery of 40.8 litres of liquor from a motorcycle. He argued that he was not in possession of the seized vehicle, was not arrested at the spot, and was implicated solely on secret information. The State opposed the bail. The Court, after considering the submissions, directed that the petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail upon furnishing a bail bond of Rs.5,000 with two sureties, subject to verification of his criminal antecedent. The order stipulated that if more than one prior case is found, the bail would not be confirmed; if only one prior case is found, the bail would be confirmed. The application was allowed.

Issues considered

  • Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner under Section 438 CrPC for the alleged offence under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act.
  • Whether the petitioner’s prior criminal antecedent warrants denial of anticipatory bail.

Legislation cited

Subjects

  • anticipatory bail
  • Section 438 CrPC
  • Excise Act
  • bail bond
  • criminal antecedent
  • pre‑arrest bail

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20613 of 2026
                    Arising Out of PS. Case No.-325 Year-2025 Thana- VIJAYEPUR District- Gopalganj
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                 Satyam Kumar Yadav @ Satyam Yadav Son of Sadafal Yadav Resident of
                 Village - Bilarua, P.S.- Vijaypur, Distt.- Gopalganj.

                                                                                  ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Dewanand Tiwari
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Ms.Suman Kumari Singh
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   31-03-2026                  1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and

                   learned APP for the State.

                                2. 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.

                                3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

                   the petitioner has antecedent of one case under the Excise Act

                   and allegation is of recovery of 40.8 litres of liquor from a

                   motorcycle.

                                4. 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 is not the owner of

                   the seized motorcycle and he came to be implicated based on

                   secret information, which is the easiest way to implicate
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          someone. It is next submitted that police in majority of cases

          implicating innocent persons either at the behest of Chaukidar,

          local person, secret information and confessional statement in a

          mechanical manner without holding a proper investigation.

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

          application.

                       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 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.5,000/- (Rupees 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 Vijaypur P. S. Case No.325 of 2025, subject to the

          conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

                       7. The application stands allowed.

                       8. 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

          found that petitioner has antecedent of more than one case, then

          it would be presumed that petitioner for the purposes of
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                         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 one case only, in that event, the

                         provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.



                                                   (Satyavrat Verma, J)
vikash/-

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