Patna High Court
Shivjee Bind @ Shivjee BinversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The Court granted provisional anticipatory bail to the petitioner, subject to conditions and verification of his antecedent.
Summary
The petitioner, Shivjee Bind, was implicated in an FIR under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act for the alleged recovery of 16 litres of liquor from a bush, although no liquor was found in his possession and he has a clean criminal record. He contended that the allegation arose solely from a chowkidar's report and that the alleged liquor was located on public land accessible to villagers. The State opposed his request for anticipatory bail. The High Court, after considering the submissions, granted provisional anticipatory bail subject to the petitioner furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 500 with two sureties and depositing Rs. 1,500 with the Lawyers’ Association, pending verification of his antecedent by the trial court. The order stipulated that if any prior case is discovered, the provisional bail would not be confirmed; otherwise, it would be confirmed forthwith. The court emphasized verification of the petitioner’s antecedent before confirming the bail.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act given the alleged facts and his clean antecedent.
Legislation cited
- Bihar Excise Act — s. 30(a)
- Bihar Negotiable Securities Act — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- Bihar Excise Act
- Section 30(a)
- clean antecedent
- Section 482(2)
- provisional bail
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3030 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-222 Year-2025 Thana- SIMRI District- Buxar
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Shivjee Bind @ Shivjee Bin Son of Muni Lal Bind @ Munni Lal Bin
Resident of Village - Chandpali, Bind Dera, P.S.- Simri, District- Buxar
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Manish Rai Sharma, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Ms. Renu Kumari, 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
petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of
recovery of 16 liters of liquor from a bush.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner was not apprehended 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
and is accessible to villagers at large and he came to be
implicated at the instance of Chowkidar, but then it is submitted
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that if Chowkidar was aware of the involvement of the
petitioner in the occurrence then why he did not inform the
police prior to institution of the instant FIR which casts an
aspersion on the case of the prosecution, when petitioner
admittedly is a person with clean antecedent.
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.
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 Simri
P.S. Case No. 222 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 even
one case then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the
purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his
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antecedent before this Court, as such, the provisional
anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but after
verification if it is found that petitioner is a person with clean
antecedent 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, undertakes to deposit an amount of Rs.
1500/- with Lawyers’ Association, Patna High Court.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Rishabh/-
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