Patna High Court
Sahil Prakash RajversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
Provisional anticipatory bail was granted to the petitioner subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
Summary
The petitioner, Sahil Prakash Raj, sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act concerning the alleged recovery of 427.200 litres of liquor from a rented room. He asserted a clean criminal record and argued that the liquor was not found in his possession and that the police had implicated him based on secret information to shield the real culprits. The State opposed the bail. The Court, after hearing both sides, granted provisional anticipatory bail subject to a Rs.500 bond, two sureties, and a deposit of Rs.1500 with the Advocates’ Association, pending verification of the petitioner’s antecedent by the trial court. The order stipulated that if any prior case is discovered, the bail would be presumed concealed and not confirmed; otherwise, the provisional bail would be confirmed. The decision was made under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail in the case registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
- Whether the conditions imposed under Section 482(2) of the BNSS are appropriate for granting provisional anticipatory bail.
Legislation cited
- BNSS — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- excise law
- liquor seizure
- clean antecedent
- Section 30
- Bihar Excise Act
- Section 482
- provisional bail
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2254 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-343 Year-2025 Thana- Excise Thana Hajipur District- Vaishali
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Sahil Prakash Raj Son of Vasukinath Singh @ Basuki Nath Singh @
Baskinath Singh R/o Village - Hela Bazar Shiv Colony ward no - 12, P.S. -
Hajipur Nagar, District - Vaishali.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Hemant Kumar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shailendra Kumar, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 27-01-2026 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 is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of
recovery of 427.200 liters of liquor from a rented room where
petitioner was staying at Shiv Colony.
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
room from where the recovery is alleged to have been made
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does not belong to the petitioner and he came to be implicated
based on secret information which is the easiest way to
implicate someone. It is also submitted that it appears that
police with a view to save the real culprits falsely implicated the
petitioner when petitioner admittedly is a person with clean
antecedent.
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.
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 Hajipur
Excise P.S. Case No. 343 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
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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 person with clean
antecedent in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order
shall be confirmed forthwith.
8. At this stage, the learned counsel for the petitioner,
based on instruction, undertakes to deposit an amount of Rs.
1500/- with Advocates’ Association, Patna High Court.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Rishabh/-
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