Barun Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4815 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-252 Year-2024 Thana- RIVILGANJ District- Saran ====================================================== Barun Kumar Singh S/O Shivjee Singh R/O Vill- Harihansh near ( Yogi Baba), P.O- Harihansh, P.S- Hussainganj, Distt.- Siwan, 841286. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Jeetendra Narayan For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Md. Anzarul Haque Sahara ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 31-01-2026
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 offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 240 litres of liquor from two motorcycles. 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 one of the seized vehicles. 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
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4815 of 2026(2) dt.31-01-2026 2/3 would get implicated. It is thus submitted that the petitioner was completely unaware that his friend would misuse his vehicle in the manner as alleged who also fled from the spot.
4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
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 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 Rivilganj P.S. Case No.252/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
6. It is made clear that the learned trial court thereafter shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case, in that event, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his antecedent before this court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if on verification it is found that petitioner is a person with clean
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4815 of 2026(2) dt.31-01-2026 3/3 antecedent, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
7. At this stage, the learned counsel for the petitioner, based on instruction, submits that petitioner undertakes to deposit an amount of Rs.1500/- with Advocates' Association, Patna High Court within a period of two weeks from today. (Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T