Sahil Prakash Raj v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2254 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-343 Year-2025 Thana- Excise Thana Hajipur District- Vaishali ====================================================== Sahil Prakash Raj Son of Vasukinath Singh @ Basuki Nath Singh @ Baskinath Singh R/o Village - Hela Bazar Shiv Colony ward no - 12, P.S. - Hajipur Nagar, District - Vaishali.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Hemant Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Shailendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 27-01-2026
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 offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 427.200 liters of liquor from a rented room where petitioner was staying at Shiv Colony.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged room from where the recovery is alleged to have been made
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2254 of 2026(2) dt.27-01-2026 2/3 does not belong to the petitioner and he came to be implicated based on secret information which is the easiest way to implicate someone. It is also submitted that it appears that police with a view to save the real culprits falsely implicated the petitioner when petitioner admittedly is a person with clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. 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 Trial Court 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 Hajipur Excise P.S. Case No. 343 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.
7. It is made clear that thereafter the learned Trial Court 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
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2254 of 2026(2) dt.27-01-2026 3/3 purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his antecedent before this Court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but after verification if it is found that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
8. At this stage, the learned counsel for the petitioner, based on instruction, undertakes to deposit an amount of Rs. 1500/- with Advocates' Association, Patna High Court. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T