Patna High Court
Dipti Singh @ Ranjan Singh @ Ranjan KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The Court granted provisional anticipatory bail, subject to verification of the petitioner’s antecedents, and conditioned confirmation of bail on a clean criminal record.
Summary
The petitioner, identified as Dipti Singh (also known as Ranjan Singh and Ranjan Kumar), feared arrest in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018, where 6.800 litres of liquor were recovered from his motorcycle. He argued that he had a clean antecedent and that the liquor was not in his conscious possession, asserting that he was implicated merely because he owned the vehicle used by a friend who fled the scene. The State opposed the grant of anticipatory bail. The Court, after considering the submissions, ordered provisional anticipatory bail subject to a bail bond of Rs.500 with two sureties, pending verification of the petitioner’s criminal antecedents. The order further stipulated that if any antecedent is discovered, the bail would not be confirmed, whereas a clean record would lead to immediate confirmation of the bail.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail in the excise case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.
- Whether ownership of the vehicle used in the alleged offence suffices to justify arrest and denial of bail.
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- excise offence
- liquor seizure
- clean antecedent
- Section 30(a)
- Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act
- Section 482 CrPC
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29111 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-77 Year-2026 Thana- BIKRAMGANJ District- Rohtas
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Dipti Singh @ Ranjan Singh @ Ranjan Kumar S/o Balram Singh @ Baliram
Singh R/o Village - Itimha, Nasriganj, Ward no. 05, P.S. - Nasriganj, Dist. -
Rohtas.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajani Kant Singh
For the Opposite Party/s : Ms. Meena Singh
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 30-04-2026 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, 2018.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of
recovery of 6.800 litres of liquor from a motorcycle. It is next
submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such
nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he
came to be implicated based on the fact that he is owner of the
seized vehicle. It is next submitted that no prudent person would
use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus
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would create evidence against himself and hence would get
implicated. It is also submitted that the petitioner was
completely unaware that his friend would misuse his vehicle in
the manner as alleged who also fled from the spot.
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.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 Excise Case No.812/2026, arising out of
Bikramganj Excise P.S. Case No.77/2026, 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
event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one
case, 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
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on verification it is found that petitioner is a person with clean
antecedent, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order
shall be confirmed forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
amit/-
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