Patna High Court
Manish KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The Court granted provisional anticipatory bail to the petitioner, subject to bail bond, sureties, verification of antecedents, and other conditions.
Summary
Manish Kumar, a resident of Khokasaha in Samastipur, feared arrest in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022, alleging recovery of 10.8 litres of liquor from a straw house not belonging to him. He asserted a clean criminal record and argued that the liquor was recovered from a place accessible to villagers, with no material seized from his possession. The State opposed his request for anticipatory bail. The High Court, after considering the submissions, granted provisional anticipatory bail on the condition of a Rs.500 bail bond with two sureties and directed verification of his antecedents. If any prior case is found, the bail would be presumed concealed and not confirmed; otherwise, it would be confirmed. The petitioner also undertook to deposit Rs.1,500 with the Advocates’ Association within two weeks.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriateness of granting anticipatory bail to the petitioner under the circumstances of the alleged offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022?
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act
- Section 30(a)
- clean antecedent
- bail conditions
- Section 482(2)
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6779 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-363 Year-2025 Thana- BIBHUTIPUR District- Samastipur
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Manish Kumar Son of Vinod Ray R/o Village - Khokasaha, P.S. - Bibhutipur,
Dist. - Samastipur.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Mritunjay Kumar
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Damodar Prasad Tiwary
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 04-02-2026 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
Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of
recovery of 10.8 litres of liquor from a straw house. It is next
submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such
nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even
alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the
petitioner and is accessible to villagers at large and he came to
be implicated at the instance of local person but then the name
of the person who disclosed the name of the petitioner is not
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disclosed in the FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the
prosecution, when petitioner admittedly is a person with clean
antecedent.
4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for
anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
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 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
Bibhutipur P.S. Case No.363/2025, subject to the conditions as
laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
6. It is made clear that the learned trial court thereafter
shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the
event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one
case, in that event, it would be presumed that petitioner had
concealed his antecedent before this court, as such, the
provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if
on verification it is found that petitioner is a person with clean
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antecedent, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order
shall be confirmed forthwith.
7. At this stage, the 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)
amit/-
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