Patna High Court
Upendra YadavversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
Provisional anticipatory bail is granted to the petitioner subject to bail bond, sureties, deposit, and verification of criminal antecedents.
Summary
The petitioner, Upendra Yadav, was implicated in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act for allegedly recovering 360 litres of liquor from a public area near the Gandak river. He argued that he was not arrested, no liquor was found in his possession, and the location does not belong to him, contending that the case was based on secret information. The State opposed his request for anticipatory bail. The Court, after considering the submissions, granted provisional anticipatory bail on the condition that the petitioner furnish a bail bond of Rs.5,000 with two sureties and deposit Rs.2,500 with the Advocates’ Association, subject to verification of his criminal antecedents under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. If more than one prior case is found, the bail may be revoked; if only one antecedent exists, the bail will be confirmed. The order directs the trial court to verify the antecedent and act accordingly.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail can be granted in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
- Whether the absence of arrest and lack of possession of the alleged contraband justify anticipatory bail.
- Whether the petitioner’s prior criminal antecedents affect the grant of anticipatory bail.
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- excise law
- Bihar Excise Act
- Section 30(a)
- public place
- criminal antecedent
- Section 482(2) BNSS
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2611 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-217 Year-2025 Thana- YADOPUR District- Gopalganj
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Upendra Yadav Son of Kodai Yadav @ Bindalal Yadav Resident of Village-
Bagaha, P.S.- Jadopur (Yadopur), District- Gopalganj
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Lokesh Kumar Singh
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Rabindra Kumar, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 28-01-2026 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 the
petitioner has antecedent of one case under the Excise Act and
allegation is of recovery of 360 litres of liquor from a place near
the bank of Gandak river.
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 even the alleged
recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner
and is accessible to public at large and he came to be implicated
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based on secret information which is the easiest way to
implicate someone. It is further submitted that once an accused
is implicated in a case relating to excise, the police starts
implicating mechanically either at the instance of Chowkidar,
local person, confessional statement or secret information
without holding a proper investigation.
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. 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 Jadopur (Yadopur) P.S.
Case No. 217 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 more than one
case then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of
seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his antecedent before this
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Court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be
confirmed, but after verification if it is found that petitioner has
antecedent of one case 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 submits that petitioner undertakes to deposit
an amount of Rs. 2,500/- with Advocates’ Association, Patna High
Court.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sumit/-
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