Patna High Court

Pintu KumarversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 6 January 2026
Disposal: DISPOSED
Bench: SATYAVRAT VERMA

Holding

The Court granted provisional anticipatory bail to the petitioner, subject to verification of his antecedent and compliance with the stipulated conditions.

Summary

Pintu Kumar, a resident of Nalanda, was implicated in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act for the alleged recovery of 28 litres of liquor from a motorcycle he owned. He applied for anticipatory bail, arguing that he had a clean antecedent, the liquor was not found in his immediate possession, and he was unaware that another person, Lalan, misused his vehicle. The State opposed the bail. The High Court, considering the submissions, granted provisional anticipatory bail conditioned on a bail bond of Rs. 500 with two sureties and directed verification of the petitioner’s criminal antecedent. If any prior case is discovered, the bail will not be confirmed; otherwise, it will be confirmed upon verification. The order was made under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

Issues considered

What is the applicability of anticipatory bail under Section 482(2) of the BNSS in a case under the Bihar Excise Act?
Whether the petitioner’s ownership of the vehicle, without possession of the liquor, justifies granting anticipatory bail?

Subjects

anticipatory bail
Bihar Excise Act
Section 30(a)
vehicle ownership
criminal antecedent
Section 482(2)

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58748 of 2025
                      Arising Out of PS. Case No.-66 Year-2024 Thana- SITAMARHI District- Nawada
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                 Pintu Kumar S/O Sanjit Ravidas Resident of Village- Bisthapit, P.S.- Rajgir,
                 District- Nalanda,

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

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Man Mohan Kumar
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr.Manoj Kumar
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
                                       ORAL ORDER

3   06-01-2026               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 28 litres of liquor from a motorcycle.

                             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 he came to be

                   implicated based on the fact that he is owner of the seized

                   vehicle. It is next submitted that no prudent person would use

                   his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would
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          create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated,

          it is further submitted that petitioner was completely unaware

          that Lalan would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged,

          who was also apprehended from the spot.

                   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 before the learned trial court

          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 Sitamarhi

          P.S. Case No. 66 of 2024, 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
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                        person with clean antecedent in that event the provisional

                        anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.



                                                  (Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sumit/-

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