Patna High Court
Abhishek Yadav @ Abhishek Kumar YadavversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- ALLOWED
- Bench
- ALOK KUMAR PANDEY
Holding
The court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner subject to a bail bond and sureties.
Summary
The petitioner, Abhishek Yadav, applied for anticipatory bail after being named in an FIR for alleged offences under Sections 30(a) and 30(d) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, relating to the recovery of illicit liquor. The prosecution alleged that the petitioner fled the scene, while the petitioner claimed innocence, asserting that he was not present at the open place of recovery and has a clean antecedent, alleging political victimisation. The State opposed the bail, arguing that the FIR naming the petitioner suffices to deny relief. The court examined the facts, the petitioner’s absence from the scene, his clean record, and the material on record, and applied Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. to consider anticipatory bail. It ordered that the petitioner be released on anticipatory bail upon furnishing a bail bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties, subject to the conditions imposed. The application was allowed.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail can be granted to a person named in an FIR for offences under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
- Whether the petitioner’s absence from the place of recovery and clean antecedent justify the grant of anticipatory bail.
- Whether the allegations in the FIR alone are sufficient to deny anticipatory bail under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
Legislation cited
- B.N.S.S. — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act
- Section 30
- Section 482
- clean antecedent
- FIR
- bail bond
- sureties
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8936 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-182 Year-2025 Thana- MANIGACHI District- Darbhanga
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Abhishek Yadav @ Abhishek Kumar Yadav S/O Late Shiv Kumar Yadav R/O
Village- Gopalpur, P.S.- Manigachhi, Dist.- Darbhanga
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar, Patna
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Kumar Praveen, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Dr. Kumar Uday Pratap, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR PANDEY
ORAL ORDER
2 18-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in
connection with Manigachhi P.S. Case No. 182 of 2025,
registered for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a) and
30(d) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per prosecution-case, there is alleged recovery
of 25.875 litre foreign illicit liquor from the place of occurrence
and local Chowkidar disclosed the name of the petitioner and
others as the persons who fled away from the place of
occurrence.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence as
alleged in the F.I.R. He further submits that the alleged place of
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recovery is an open place and petitioner cannot be held liable
for the alleged recovery. Petitioner was not found at the place of
occurrence and petitioner is not, in any way, connected with the
place of recovery. Apart from that, petitioner is having clean
antecedent. On account of local village politics, his name has
implicated at the instance of others and in light of the aforesaid
facts and circumstances, no offence is made out against the
petitioner, as alleged in the F.I.R.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently
opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner and
submits that petitioner is named in the F.I.R. and cannot escape
from the allegations made in the F.I.R.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the
case, petitioner was not found at the place of occurrence,
keeping in view clean antecedent of the petitioner, argument
advanced on behalf of both sides and also taking into
consideration the material available on record, 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 anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of
Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like
amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special
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Judge-II (Excise Act), Darbhanga in connection with
Manigachhi P.S. Case No. 182 of 2025, subject to the conditions
as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Alok Kumar Pandey, J)
K.C.Jha/-
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