Manoj Kumar SinghversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2790 of 2026
                       Arising Out of PS. Case No.-941 Year-2025 Thana- SONEPUR District- Saran
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                 Manoj Kumar Singh S/o Ram Pavitra Mahto R/o Village- Near Petrol Pump
                 Ward No. 1 Bhutahi @ Bhutahi, P.S.- Sonbarsa old (Bhutahi New), Dist.-
                 Sitamarhi, at present R/o Village- House No. 23V, Street no.2, Deep Bihar,
                 Ekjot Nagar, Fambra Road Ludhiana, P.O.- Central Post Office, P.S.- Basti,
                 Dist.- Ludhiana, Punjab
                                                                            ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                    Versus
                 The State of Bihar
                                                                     ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Nirala, A.P.P.
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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 offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the

                   Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.

                                3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

                   petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of

                   recovery of 83.07 litres of liquor from Mahindra XUV 500.

                                4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

                   petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was

                   recovered from his conscious possession. It is further submitted

                   that petitioner came to be implicated based on the fact that he is

                   owner of the seized vehicle. It is further next that no prudent
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          person would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence

          and thus would create evidence against himself and hence

          would get implicated. It is also submitted that petitioner was

          completely unaware that Ratnesh Kumar Singh would misuse

          the vehicle in the manner as alleged who was also apprehended

          from the spot.

                       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, let 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 Sonepur

          P.S. Case No. 941 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid

          down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C./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 if

          it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than one case,

          it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his
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                     antecedent before this Court at para 3 of the anticipatory bail

                     application in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order

                     shall not be confirmed but if it is found on verification that

                     petitioner has antecedent of only one case in that event the

                     provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

                                  8. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner

                     based on instruction submits that petitioner undertakes to

                     deposit an amount of Rs.5,000/- with the Advocate Association

                     of the Patna High Court.


                                                                         (Satyavrat Verma, J)

Kundan/-

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