Bholu Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1624 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-3 Year-2025 Thana- MAKER District- Saran ====================================================== 1.
Bholu Singh S/o Jagarnath Singh R/o Village - Chakki Sohagpur, P.S - Paroo, District - Muzaffarpur 2.
Satyendra Ram @ Satyendra Kumar S/o Baban Ram@ Baban Ray R/o Village - Khalpura, P.S - Maker, District - Saran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Nalin Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Dr. Ajeet Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 21-01-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 274, 275 and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023 read with Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no. 1 is a person with clean antecedent and petitioner no. 2 has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 520 liters of spirit from a Bolero pick up vehicle.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners were not apprehended from the spot as such nothing
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1624 of 2026(2) dt.21-01-2026 2/3 was recovered from their conscious possession and are not the owner of the seized vehicle and they came to be implicated based on secret information which is the easiest way to implicate someone. It is also submitted that police, of late, is implicating accused based on secret information with a view to save the real culprits.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their 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. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) each 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 Maker P.S. Case No. 03 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 petitioners and in the event if it is found that petitioner no. 1 has antecedent of even one case and petitioner no. 2 has antecedent of more than
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1624 of 2026(2) dt.21-01-2026 3/3 one case then it would be presumed that petitioners, for the purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed their antecedent before this Court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but after verification if it is found that petitioner no. 1 is a person with clean antecedent and petitioner no. 2 has antecedent of one case only, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T