Patna High Court
Ankaj Kumar @ Angad KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
Provisional anticipatory bail is granted to the petitioner subject to bail bond, sureties, and verification of antecedent.
Summary
Ankaj Kumar was implicated in an excise case (PS Case No. 83 of 2026) for allegedly possessing 305.64 litres of liquor recovered from a straw shed. He pleaded that he has a clean antecedent, was not caught in possession, and that the straw shed is a communal area possibly used to frame him. The State opposed his request for anticipatory bail. The Court, after considering the submissions, granted provisional anticipatory bail on the condition that Kumar furnish a bail bond of Rs. 500 with two sureties and appear before the trial court within six weeks. The order also directed the trial court to verify his criminal antecedent, with the proviso that the bail may be revoked if any prior case is discovered.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner under the applicable provisions in an excise offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
Legislation cited
- Bihar Excise Act — s. 30(a)
- Bihar Negotiable Securities Act — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- excise offence
- Section 30
- clean antecedent
- bail conditions
- straw shed
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35296 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-83 Year-2026 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Saharsa
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Ankaj Kumar @ Angad Kumar S/o Biren Yadav @ Birendra Yadav R/o
Village - Nandaloi, Naryanpur Narha Tola, Ward no. 1, PS - Bihra, Dist. -
Saharsa.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar
For the Opposite Party/s : Ms. Shaheen Begum
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
3 22-06-2026 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 305.64 liters of liquor from a straw shed.
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 straw house is
a place outside the house in the orchard and thus is accessible to
villagers at large. It is also submitted that it does not appear
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probable that petitioner would have used his own straw house
for committing an occurrence and thus would create evidence
against himself and hence would get implicated, it is also
submitted that it appears that someone inimical to the family
concealed the liquor and the petitioner along with his family
members came to be implicated at the instance of local person,
but then it is reiterated and submitted that petitioner 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 Excise
P.S. Case No. 83 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
event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case
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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)
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