Rajendra Sinha v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4303 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-68 Year-2025 Thana- CHIHARA District- Jamui ====================================================== Rajendra Sinha S/o Late Bharat Prasad R/o Village - Chandramandi, Police Station - Chandramandi, District Jamui Present R/o - House No. 89, Ward No. 2, Near - Oxford Colony School, Circular Road, Barmasiya, Deoghar, District - Deoghar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms. Shali, Advocate Mr. Pankaj Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ajay Kumar No. 2, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 31-01-2026
1. Heard Ms. Shali, 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 Sections 30(a), 32 and 37 of the 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 5 litres of liquor from a school van.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It is further submitted that petitioner came to be implicated based on the fact that he is owner of the seized vehicle. It is next submitted that no prudent
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4303 of 2026(2) dt.31-01-2026 2/3 person would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated. It is also submitted that petitioner was completely unaware that his driver, namely, Chamantu Singh would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged who was also apprehended from the spot.
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, let 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 Chihra P.S. Case No. 68 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C./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 if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his antecedent
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4303 of 2026(2) dt.31-01-2026 3/3 before this Court at para 3 of the anticipatory bail application in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if it is found on verification that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
8. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner based on instruction submits that petitioner undertakes to deposit an amount of Rs.1,500/- with the Advocate Association of the Patna High Court within a period of two weeks from today.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T