Patna High Court
Bullet Yadav @ Bulet YadavversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The Court granted provisional anticipatory bail with conditions, pending verification of the petitioner’s criminal antecedents.
Summary
Bullet Yadav sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022, alleging concealment of liquor in his fields. He argued that no liquor was recovered from his possession, the FIR omitted the informant's name, and that an inimical party likely framed him. The State opposed the bail. The High Court, after hearing both sides, granted provisional anticipatory bail subject to a Rs.15,000 bond, two sureties, and verification of his criminal antecedents. The order stipulated that if more than three prior cases are found, the bail would not be confirmed; otherwise, it would be confirmed. The trial court was directed to verify the antecedents and act accordingly.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail despite alleged involvement in liquor concealment under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.
- Whether the petitioner’s prior criminal antecedents justify denial of anticipatory bail.
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- prohibition act
- excise law
- liquor concealment
- criminal antecedents
- Section 30
- Section 482
- bail conditions
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22845 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-18 Year-2026 Thana- MANJHAGARH District- Gopalganj
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Bullet Yadav @ Bulet Yadav S/o Amresh Yadav Resident of Village -
Bhaisahi Nawka Tola, P.S. - Manjhagarh, District - Gopalganj
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Bijay Prakash Singh
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
3 27-04-2026 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 offence punishable under Section 30(a) of
Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner has antecedent of three cases, out of which, two cases
are under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 9 litres
of liquor concealed under straw kept near poultry farm and 567
litres of liquor from a bamboo orchard of the petitioner. It is
next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as
such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and
It is next submitted that no prudent person would use his own
field for committing an occurrence and thus would create
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evidence against himself and hence would get implicated. It is
also submitted that someone inimical to the family concealed
the liquor in the bamboo orchard and petitioner came to be
implicated at the instance of local person but then the name of
the person who disclosed the name of the petitioner is not
disclosed in the FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the
prosecution, when petitioner has not been implicated based on
secret information.
4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for
anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
5. 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.15,000/- (Rupees fifteen 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 Manjhagarh P.S. Case No.18/2026, subject to
the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the
B.N.S.S.
6. It is made clear that the learned trial court thereafter
shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the
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event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than
three cases, in that event, it would be presumed that petitioner
had concealed his antecedent before this court, as such, the
provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if
on verification it is found that petitioner has antecedent of three
cases, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall
be confirmed forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
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