Rajesh Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5640 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-356 Year-2025 Thana- CHIRAIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Rajesh Rai Son of Ram Ayodhya Rai @ Ram Ayodhya Ray Resident of village - Motnaje, P.S.- Chiraiya, District - East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Abhishek Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Gauri Shankar Gupta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 03-02-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 317(5) of the B.N.S. and Sections 30(a) and 41(1) of the Excise Act.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of twelve cases under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 210 litres of liquor from two motorcycles.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of any of the seized vehicle and he came to be implicated based on

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5640 of 2026(2) dt.03-02-2026 2/3 confessional statement of apprehended accused in police, which does not have any evidentiary value. It is next submitted that police in majority of cases implicating innocent persons either at the behest of Chaukidar, local person, secret information and confessional statement in a mechanical manner without holding proper investigation. It is also submitted that earlier also the petitioner came to be implicated in similar manner.

5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application.

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 Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on provisional anticipatory bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.60,000/- (Rupees Sixty Thousand) 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 Chiraiya P. S. Case No.356 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. The application stands allowed.

8. It is made clear that the learned trial Court after accepting the provisional bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5640 of 2026(2) dt.03-02-2026 3/3 the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than twelve 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 antecedent of twelve cases only, in that event, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

9. At this stage, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner based on instruction submits that petitioner undertakes to deposit an amount of Rs.10,000/- with Advocates' Association, Patna High Court, Patna within a period of two weeks from today.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T