Patna High Court
Baba Tiwari @ Dharmendra Tiwari @ Dharmendra Kumar TiwariversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The anticipatory bail application is allowed, granting provisional anticipatory bail subject to conditions.
Summary
The petitioner, Baba Tiwari, feared arrest in a case under Sections 30(a) and 32 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018, alleging that 861.660 litres of liquor were recovered from a truck. He argued that he was not arrested at the spot, had no possession of the liquor, was not the truck’s owner, and was implicated only through a confessional statement of another accused, which he claimed lacked evidentiary value. The State opposed the anticipatory bail application. The Court, considering the petitioner’s clean antecedent and the weak evidential basis, granted provisional anticipatory bail on a bond of Rs.500 with two sureties, subject to Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. and verification of his criminal record. 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 petitioner under the circumstances.
- Whether the confessional statement of a co‑accused provides sufficient basis for arrest.
- Whether the petitioner’s clean antecedent warrants bail.
- Whether Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. applies to the provisional bail order.
Legislation cited
- B.N.S.S. — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- excise law
- confessional statement
- clean antecedent
- Section 482
- provisional bail
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.445 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-620 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Gopalganj
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Baba Tiwari @ Dharmendra Tiwari @ Dharmendra Kumar Tiwari S/O
Kashinath Tiwari R/O Vill.- Bagahawa Tiwari, P.S.- Bhore, Dist.- Gopalganj
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Baijnath Sah, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ramchandra Sahni, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 15-01-2026 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 30(a) and 32 of Bihar
Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of
recovery of 861.660 litres of liquor from a truck. It is next
submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such,
nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not
the owner of the seized truck and came to be implicated based
on confessional statement of apprehended accused in police
custody, which does not have any evidentiary value. It is also
submitted that police in mechanical manner implicates without
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holding a proper investigation, when petitioner admittedly is a
person with clean antecedent.
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 A.D.J.-IV-cum-
Exclusive Special Excise Court/Judge-II, Gopalganj in
connection with Excise P.S. Case No.620 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 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
anticipatory bail had concealed his antecedent before this Court,
in that event, the present provisional anticipatory bail order shall
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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.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sanjay/-
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