Patna High Court
Tribhuwan yadav @ Tribhuwan Ray @ Gibhuwan RoyversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The Court granted provisional anticipatory bail subject to conditions and pending verification of the petitioner’s antecedent.
Summary
The petitioner, Tribhuwan Yadav, sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act for allegedly possessing 40.60 litres of liquor recovered from his house, which is a joint family property. He argued he had no conscious possession, a clean antecedent, and that the 2018 amendment abolished the concept of deemed possession and presumed offender. The State opposed the bail, contending the allegations warranted prosecution. The Court, after considering the submissions, granted provisional anticipatory bail conditioned on a bail bond of Rs.500 with two sureties and directed verification of the petitioner’s criminal antecedent by the trial court. If any antecedent is found, the bail would not be confirmed; otherwise, it would be confirmed forthwith.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner under the circumstances of alleged possession of liquor.
- Whether the amendment to the Bihar Excise Act in 2018 eliminates the doctrine of deemed possession and presumed offender.
Legislation cited
- Bihar Excise Act — s. 30(a)
- Bihar Negotiable Sale (BNSS) — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- excise law
- possession
- joint family property
- clean antecedent
- Section 30(a)
- Section 482(2)
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.33610 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-102 Year-2026 Thana- GHORASAHAN District- East
Champaran
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Tribhuwan yadav @ Tribhuwan Ray @ Gibhuwan Roy Son of Sudama Rai
Resident of village- Bhasedhawa, P.s.- Ghorasahan, District -East Champaran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Manjeet Kumar Mishra
For the Opposite Party/s : Ms.Meena Singh
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 14-05-2026 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 is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of
recovery of 40.60 liters of liquor from house of the petitioner.
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 the house in
question is a joint family property, as such, it cannot be alleged
with certainty that it was petitioner who had kept the liquor in
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the house or the liquor kept in the house was within his
knowledge and after amendment in the excise act in the year
2018, the concept of deemed possession and presumed offender
has been done away with and he came to be implicated at the
instance of local person, but then it is submitted that if local
person 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.
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 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 Ghorasahan P.S. Case No. 102 of 2026, 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
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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 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.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sumit/-
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