Patna High Court
Rajiv Saday @ Rajiv SadaversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The Court granted provisional anticipatory bail to the petitioner subject to bail bond, sureties, and verification of antecedent.
Summary
The petitioner, Rajiv Saday, was implicated in a case under Sections 30(a) and 41 of the Bihar Excise Act for allegedly possessing one litre of liquor recovered from a motorcycle he owned. He asserted that he had a clean antecedent, was not in actual possession of the liquor, and was unaware that another person had misused his vehicle. The State opposed his request for anticipatory bail. The High Court, after considering the submissions, granted provisional anticipatory bail subject to a bail bond of Rs. 500, two sureties of the same amount, and verification of the petitioner’s criminal antecedent. The order was made under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, with a condition that if any antecedent is discovered, the bail will not be confirmed; otherwise, it will be confirmed forthwith.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail under Section 482(2) of the BNSS in view of the alleged offences under the Bihar Excise Act.
- Whether the petitioner’s lack of actual possession and clean antecedent justify the grant of anticipatory bail.
Legislation cited
- BNSS — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- Bihar Excise Act
- Section 30(a)
- Section 41
- clean antecedent
- bail bond
- surety
- Section 482(2)
- high court
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22106 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-541 Year-2025 Thana- BIRAUL District- Darbhanga
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Rajiv Saday @ Rajiv Sada S/o Sukarat Sada R/o village- Pokhram (Kataiya),
P.S.- Biraul, Dist.- Darbhanga
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Kumar Praveen
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ahmad Ali
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 07-04-2026 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 Sections 30(a) and
41 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 1 litre of liquor from a motorcycle.
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 the seized
vehicle. It is next submitted that no prudent person would use
his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would
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create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated,
it is further submitted that petitioner was completely unaware
that Santosh would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged,
who was also apprehended from the spot along with Indal and
Shanideval.
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 Biraul P.S. Case No. 541 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
confirmed, but after verification if it is found that petitioner is a
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person with clean antecedent in that event the provisional
anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sumit/-
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