Patna High Court
Sukesh Rai @ Sukesh Prasad YadavversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
Provisional anticipatory bail may be granted subject to a bail bond, sureties, and verification of the petitioner’s criminal antecedents.
Summary
The petitioner, Sukesh Rai, sought anticipatory bail in a case registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, alleging that the alleged liquor recovery occurred at a location not under his possession and that his name was omitted from the FIR. The petitioner argued that the police mechanically implicated him without proper investigation, despite having two prior excise cases. The State opposed the anticipatory bail. The High Court, considering the submissions, directed that the petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail upon furnishing a bail bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties, subject to verification of his criminal antecedents under Section 482(2) of the CrPC. The court clarified that if more than two prior cases are found, the bail would not be confirmed; otherwise, it would 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.
- Whether the petitioner’s prior excise cases affect the grant of anticipatory bail.
- What conditions under Section 482(2) of the CrPC must be satisfied for provisional anticipatory bail.
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- excise offence
- Section 30(a)
- bail bond
- criminal antecedent
- Section 482(2) CrPC
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.91912 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-449 Year-2025 Thana- BANIAPUR District- Saran
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Sukesh Rai @ Sukesh Prasad Yadav S/O Shree Ram Rai R/O Village- Chetan
Chapra, P.S- Baniapur, Distt.- Saran.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Harsh Anuj, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Abhay Kumar, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 13-01-2026 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 has antecedents of two cases under the Excise Act and
allegation is of recovery of 10.75 litres of liquor from a place
behind the house of the petitioner. 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
but then is adjacent to his house and he came to be implicated at
the instance of local person but then name of the person who
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disclosed the name of the petitioner is not disclosed in the FIR
which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution. It is
also submitted that once an accused is implicated in a case
relating to excise, the police starts implicating mechanically
either at the instance of Chowkidar, local person, confessional
statement or secret information without holding a proper
investigation.
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.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of
the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned 1 st Special
Judge Excise, Saran at Chapra in connection with Baniapur P.S.
Case No.449 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 bonds of the petitioner shall verify
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the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if it is
found that petitioner has antecedents of more than two cases,
then it would be presumed that petitioner for the purposes of
obtaining 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 has antecedents of only two cases, in that event,
the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed
forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sanjay/-
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