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Patna High Court

Lalbabu Yadav @ Abhishek Yadav @ Abhishek KumarversusThe State of Bihar

Decided
Disposal
DISPOSED

Holding

Provisional anticipatory bail is granted to the petitioner, subject to verification of his antecedent and compliance with the conditions imposed under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

Summary

The petitioner, Lalbabu Yadav, was implicated in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act for the alleged recovery of 400 litres of liquor from two motorcycles and a scooty. He contended that he had no prior criminal record, was not in possession of the seized vehicles, and was framed by a hostile chowkidar. The State opposed his request for anticipatory bail. The Court, after considering the submissions, granted provisional anticipatory bail on the condition that the petitioner furnishes a bail bond of Rs. 500 with two sureties and that the trial court verify his antecedent within six weeks. If any prior case is discovered, the bail will not be confirmed; otherwise, the provisional order will be confirmed. The order was made under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

Issues considered

  • Whether the petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail under the circumstances.
  • Whether the conditions imposed under Section 482(2) of the BNSS are appropriate.
  • Whether the petitioner’s alleged lack of possession and clean antecedent justify bail.

Legislation cited

Subjects

  • anticipatory bail
  • Bihar Excise Act
  • Section 30(a)
  • Section 482(2)
  • clean antecedent
  • seizure of liquor

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36930 of 2026
                        Arising Out of PS. Case No.-41 Year-2026 Thana- TANKUPPA District- Gaya
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                 Lalbabu Yadav @ Abhishek Yadav @ Abhishek Kumar S/o Raja Ram Yadav
                 R/o vill - Baradiha, P.S.- Tankuppa, Distt.- Gaya ji

                                                                                  ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Sheo Nandan Prasad
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr.Nand Kumar
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   16-06-2026               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 the

                   petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of

                   recovery of 400 litres of liquor from two motorcycles and a

                   scooty was also seized.

                             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 is not the owner of

                   any of the seized vehicles and he came to be implicated at the

                   instance of Chowkidar with whom he is on an inimical term. It
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          is next submitted that if            Chowkidar was aware about 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 Tankuppa P.S. Case No. 41 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

          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
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                        anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.



                                                  (Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sumit/-

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