Patna High Court
Madan SahaniversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The application for anticipatory bail is allowed, granting provisional bail subject to conditions.
Summary
Madan Sahani applied for anticipatory bail after being implicated in a case alleging recovery of 25 litres of liquor from his motorcycle, charging him under IPC sections 272 and 273 and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. He argued that he had a clean antecedent, was not in possession of the liquor, and was unaware that another person misused his vehicle. The State opposed the bail. The High Court, considering these submissions, granted provisional anticipatory bail on a bond of Rs.500 with two sureties, subject to verification of his antecedent under Section 482(2) of the CrPC. The order stipulated that if any prior case is found, the bail would not be confirmed; otherwise, it would be confirmed. The petitioner also undertook to deposit Rs.1,500 with the Advocates’ Association within two weeks.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner under the circumstances.
- Whether ownership of the vehicle used in the alleged offence makes the owner liable for the offence.
- Whether the bail can be conditioned on verification of the petitioner’s criminal antecedent.
Legislation cited
- Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 — s. 30(a)
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482(2)
- Indian Penal Code — s. 272, 273
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- criminal procedure
- ownership of vehicle
- liquor seizure
- IPC 272
- IPC 273
- Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act
- provisional bail
- clean antecedent
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4132 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-389 Year-2022 Thana- KESARIA District- East Champaran
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Madan Sahani Son of Late Jai Ram Sahani Resident of Village- Banparua,
P.S.- Dumariyaghat, District- East Champaran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shyam Bihari Singh, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 29-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
APP for the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered
for the offences punishable under Sections 272 and 273 of the
Indian Penal Code as well as Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition
and Excise Act, 2016.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of
recovery of 25 litres of liquor from a motorcycle. It is next
submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such,
nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he
came to be implicated based on the fact that he is owner of the
seized vehcle. It is next submitted that no prudent person would
use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus,
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would create evidence against himself and hence, would get
implicated. It is also submitted that petitioner was completely
unaware that Saroj Kumar would misuse the vehicle in the
manner as alleged, who was also apprehended from the spot.
4. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail
application.
5. 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 Court below
within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on
provisional anticipatory bail on his furnishing bail-bond in the
sum of Rs.500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) with two sureties of the
like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special
Excise Court No.3, Civil Court, East Champaran, Motihari in
connection with Kesariya P.S. Case No.389 of 2022, 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 bond of the petitioner 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 obtaining
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anticipatory bail had concealed his 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
petitioner is a person with clean antecedent, in that event, the
provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
8. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner,
based on instruction, submits that petitioner undertakes to
deposit an amount of Rs.1500/- with Advocates’ Association,
Patna High Court within a period of two weeks from today.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sanjay/-
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