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Patna High Court

Phulbabu YadavversusThe State of Bihar

Decided
Disposal
DISPOSED

Holding

The Court granted provisional anticipatory bail subject to bond, sureties and verification of the petitioner’s antecedent, with confirmation contingent on a clean record.

Summary

The petitioner, Phulbabu Yadav, was implicated in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act for the alleged recovery of 342 litres of liquor from three vehicles. He contended that he was not arrested at the spot, had no conscious possession of the liquor, was not the owner of the seized vehicles, and possessed a clean antecedent. The State opposed his application for anticipatory bail. The Court, after hearing both sides, granted provisional anticipatory bail on the condition of a Rs.500 bond with two sureties and compliance with the conditions of Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. and Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., pending verification of his antecedent. The order further stipulated that if any prior criminal case is discovered, the bail would not be confirmed; otherwise, it would be confirmed forthwith.

Issues considered

  • Whether anticipatory bail can be granted in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
  • Whether the petitioner’s claim of clean antecedent and lack of conscious possession justifies the grant of anticipatory bail.
  • Whether the Court may condition anticipatory bail on verification of the petitioner’s criminal antecedent.

Legislation cited

Subjects

  • anticipatory bail
  • Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act
  • Section 30(a)
  • Criminal Procedure Code
  • Section 438
  • clean antecedent
  • liquor seizure
  • bail conditions

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47600 of 2026
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-143 Year-2026 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Madhubani
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                 Phulbabu Yadav Son of Kishundev Yadav Resident of village- Balat, PS -
                 Basopatti, Dist- Madhubani
                                                                        ... ... Petitioner/s
                                               Versus
                 The State of Bihar
                                                                 ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :        Mr. Bhavesh Kumar Sah, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :        Mr. (Md.) Matloob Rab, A.P.P.
                 ======================================================
                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   10-07-2026                  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 offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar

                   Prohibition and Excise Act.

                                3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

                   petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of

                   recovery of 342 litres of liquor from three vehilces.

                                4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

                   petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was

                   recovered from his conscious possession. It is further submitted that

                   petitioner is not the owner of any of the seized vehicles and came to

                   be implicated based on the secret information which is the easiest

                   way to implicate someone without holding a proper investigation of

                   the case, when petitioner admittedly is a person with clean

                   antecedent.
           Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47600 of 2026(2) dt.10-07-2026
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                                  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 appearing on behalf of the petitioner, let 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 Madhubani Sadar Excise P.S. Case No. 143 of 2026 arising out

                     of G.O. Case No. 922 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down

                     under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

                                  7. However, it is made clear that thereafter the learned

                     Trial Court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and

                     if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case, it would

                     be presumed that petitioner had concealed his antecedent before this

                     Court at para 3 of the anticipatory bail application in that event the

                     provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if it is

                     found on verification that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent

                     in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be

                     confirmed forthwith.

                                                                          (Satyavrat Verma, J)

Kundan/-

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