Patna High Court
Yogendra ThakurversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The court allowed the anticipatory bail application, granting provisional anticipatory bail subject to verification of antecedent and conditions under Section 482(2).
Summary
The petitioners, Yogendra Thakur and his sons, sought anticipatory bail after being implicated in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 for alleged recovery of 889.2 litres of liquor. They argued they have clean antecedents, were not in possession of the seized liquor or vehicles, and that the complainant (a chowkidar) failed to inform police earlier. The State opposed the bail. The High Court, considering these submissions, granted provisional anticipatory bail conditioned on the petitioners furnishing bail bonds of Rs.500 each with two sureties and subject to verification of their criminal antecedent by the trial court. The order stipulated that if any antecedent is found, the bail would not be confirmed; otherwise, it would be confirmed forthwith. The application was allowed.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioners accused under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
- Whether the petitioners' clean antecedent warrants the grant of bail.
- Whether conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. can be imposed on anticipatory bail.
Legislation cited
- Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 — s. 30(a)
- B.N.S.S. — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act
- Section 30(a)
- Section 482(2)
- clean antecedent
- provisional bail
- excise offence
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.388 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-164 Year-2025 Thana- Krishnabraham District- Buxar
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1. Yogendra Thakur S/o Shiv Bachan Thakur R/o Village - Rehiya, P.S.-
Krishna Brahm, District - Buxar
2. Manish Kumar S/o Yogendra Thakur R/o Village - Rehiya, P.S.- Krishna
Brahm, District - Buxar
3. Vikash Kumar S/o Yogendra Thakur R/o Village - Rehiya, P.S.- Krishna
Brahm, District - Buxar
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Amresh Kumar Sinha, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Damodar Prasad Tiwary, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 15-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned
APP for the State.
2. Petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case
registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of
Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that
petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and allegation is of
recovery of 889.2 litres of liquor from a truck and a motorcycle.
It is next submitted that petitioners were not arrested from the
spot, as such, nothing was recovered from their conscious
possession and are not the owner of any of the seized vehicles
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and they came to be implicated at the instance of Chowkidar but
then it is submitted that if Chowkidar was aware of the
involvement of the petitioners in the occurrence then whey he
did not inform the police prior to institution of the instant FIR
which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution, when
petitioners admittedly are persons with clean antecedent.
4. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail
application.
5. Considering the submissions made by the learned
counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners, above-named, in the
event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below
within a period of six weeks, are directed to be released on
provisional anticipatory bail on their furnishing bail-bonds in
the sum of Rs.500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) each with two
sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned
Exclusive Special Excise Court-2, Buxar in connection with
Krishna Brahm P.S. Case No.164 of 2025, subject to the
conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
6. The application stands allowed.
7. It is made clear that the learned trial Court after
accepting the provisional bail bonds of the petitioners shall
verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioners and in the event,
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if it is found that petitioners have antecedent of even one case,
then it would be presumed that petitioners for the purposes of
obtaining anticipatory bail had concealed their antecedent
before this Court, in that event, the present provisional
anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but if on
verification, it is found that petitioners are persons with clean
antecedent, in that event, the provisional anticipatory bail order
shall be confirmed forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sanjay/-
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