Patna High Court
Alok KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The court held that anticipatory bail may be granted provisionally, subject to verification of antecedents and compliance with conditions imposed under Section 482 CrPC.
Summary
The petitioner, Alok Kumar, applied for anticipatory bail after a case was registered against him under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act for allegedly possessing 15 litres of liquor in a seized motorcycle. He argued that he had a clean antecedent, was not in possession at the time of seizure, and was unaware of his friend's alleged misuse of the vehicle. The State opposed the bail. The High Court, considering these submissions, granted provisional anticipatory bail subject to a bail bond of Rs.500 with two sureties and conditions under Section 482(2) of the CrPC, directing verification of the petitioner’s criminal antecedent. If any antecedent is found, the bail may be revoked; otherwise, it will be confirmed. The application was allowed.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail can be granted in a case under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act where the petitioner claims no possession and a clean antecedent.
- Whether ownership of the vehicle implicated in the seizure is sufficient to justify denial of anticipatory bail.
- What conditions under Section 482(2) of the CrPC must be imposed for provisional anticipatory bail.
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act
- Section 30(a)
- Criminal Procedure Code
- Section 482
- clean antecedent
- provisional bail
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.919 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-65 Year-2025 Thana- PIYAR District- Muzaffarpur
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Alok Kumar S/o Late Gopal Sah R/o Village - Balia Indrajit, P.S - Bochaha,
District - Muzaffarpur
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Yugal Kishore, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Nazir Ansari, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 19-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
APP for the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered
for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of 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 15 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 vehicle. 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 get
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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 Exclusive Special
Judge, Court Excise-II, Muzaffarpur in connection with Piyar
P.S. Case No.65 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
anticipatory bail had concealed his antecedent before this Court,
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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)
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