Patna High Court
Bittu Kumar YadavversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The Court granted provisional anticipatory bail subject to conditions and verification of the petitioner’s criminal antecedents.
Summary
The petitioner, Bittu Kumar Yadav, applied for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code in a case registered under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act for alleged recovery of 360 litres of liquor. The petitioner argued that he was not arrested at the spot, no liquor was found in his possession, and the informant’s identity was omitted from the FIR, casting doubt on the prosecution’s case. The State opposed the bail, citing the petitioner’s prior criminal record of four cases, three of which are under the Excise Act. The Court, after considering the submissions, directed that the petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.20,000 with two sureties, subject to verification of his antecedents. The order also stipulated that if more than four prior cases are discovered, the bail would not be confirmed; otherwise, it would be confirmed forthwith.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted under Section 438 CrPC to a person accused under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act.
- Whether the absence of recovered liquor in the petitioner’s possession and the omission of the informant’s name in the FIR affect the grant of bail.
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 438(2)
- Excise Act — s. 30(a)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- Section 438 CrPC
- Excise Act
- bail bond
- criminal antecedent
- recovery of liquor
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28276 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-616 Year-2025 Thana- SIWAN MUFFASIL District- Siwan
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Bittu Kumar Yadav S/o- Baldev Yadav Resident Of Village- Jiyai, Ps-
Muffasil, Dist- Siwan
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ajay Kumar Tiwary
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ramesh Chandra
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 29-04-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and
learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his
arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under
Section 30(a) of the Excise Act.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
the petitioner has antecedent of four cases out of which three
cases are under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of
360 litres of liquor from a bush situated near Batwaliya
government school.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was
recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged
recovery is from a place, which does not belong to the petitioner
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and he came to be implicated at the instance of local person, but
the name of the person, who disclosed the name of the petitioner
is not disclosed in the F.I.R., which casts an aspersion on the
case of the prosecution. It is next submitted that police in
majority of cases implicating innocent persons either at the
behest of Chaukidar, local person, secret information and
confessional statement in a mechanical manner without holding
a proper investigation.
5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail
application.
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 Court below
within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on
provisional anticipatory bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the
sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty 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 Siwan P. S. Case No.616 of 2025, subject to the
conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
7. The application stands allowed.
8. It is made clear that the learned trial Court after
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accepting the provisional bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify
the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if it is
found that petitioner has antecedent of more than four cases,
then it would be presumed that petitioner for the purposes of
obtaining anticipatory bail had concealed his antecedent before
this Court, in that event, the present provisional anticipatory bail
order shall not be confirmed, but if on verification, it is found
that petitioner has antecedent of four cases only, in that event,
the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed
forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
vikash/-
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