Patna High Court
Jitendra RamversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The anticipatory bail application is allowed, granting provisional bail subject to verification of the petitioner’s antecedent.
Summary
The petitioner, Jitendra Ram, was implicated in a case for alleged possession of 18 litres of liquor recovered from his motorcycle, under Sections 30(a) and 41(1) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022. He argued that he had no conscious possession, had a clean antecedent, and was unaware of his friend's alleged misuse of the vehicle. The State opposed the anticipatory bail application. The High Court, considering the submissions, directed that the petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail upon furnishing a bail bond of Rs.500 with two sureties, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. The order was made conditional on verification of the petitioner’s antecedent, with confirmation of bail if no prior cases are found. The application for anticipatory bail was allowed.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022 and Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
- Whether the circumstances of the seizure and the petitioner’s alleged lack of conscious possession justify granting anticipatory bail.
Legislation cited
- B.N.S.S. — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act
- liquor seizure
- clean antecedent
- Section 482
- provisional bail
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.89823 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-74 Year-2025 Thana- BHORE District- Gopalganj
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Jitendra Ram S/O Moti Ram Resident of Village - Parsahi, Police Station-
Bhore, District- Gopalganj
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Bijay Prakash Singh, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
3 21-01-2026 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 Section 30(a) and 41(1) 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 18 litres of liquor from a motorcycle. It is next
submitted that 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 motorcycle. It is next submitted that no prudent person
would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and
thus, would create evidence against himself and hence, would
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get implicated. It is also submitted that petitioner was
completely unaware that his friend would misuse the vehicle in
the manner as alleged.
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 District &
Additional Sessions Judge-XIII-cum-Special Excise Court No.-
1, Gopalganj in connection with Bhore P.S. Case No.74 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 bond 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
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anticipatory bail had concealed his antecedent before this Court,
in that event, the present provisional anticipatory bail order shall
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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