Mantu Singh @ Narendra Kr. Patel v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7870 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-363 Year-2025 Thana- OBRA District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Mantu Singh @ Narendra Kr. Patel S/o Late Lalbabu Singh R/o vill - Gahna, P.S.- Haspura, Distt.- Aurangabad, At present Rajendra Nagar, Machhua Toli, Langal Toli, P.S.- Kadam Kuan, Distt.- Patna, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Kamlendra Prasad Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Sharda Kumari, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 16-03-2026

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 Sections 30(a) and 30(c) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022 as well as Sections 25(1-b)A and 26 of the Arms Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of three cases and allegation is of recovery of 20 litres of liquor from a semi constructed hut along with a country made pistol and 500 litres of fermented Jawa Mahua was destroyed.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is further submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7870 of 2026(3) dt.16-03-2026 2/2 possession and the hut also does not belong to the petitioner nor he has any concern with the liquor or Fermented Jawa Mahua and he came to be implicated based on the secret information.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner and submits that it is not a case only under the Excise Act but then allegation is of recovery of a country made pistol. It is further submitted that petitioner has antecedent of three cases and none of the cases are under the Excise Act which amply demonstrates that petitioner is a history-sheeter. It is next submitted that investigation of the case is in its nascent stages and if privilege of anticipatory bail is granted to the petitioner, the petitioner may abscond or try to tamper with the evidence.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned A.P.P. for the State, the Court is not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in connection with Obra P.S. Case No. 363 of 2025 pending in the Court of learned Special Judge Excise-II, Aurangabad/Successor Court.

7. Hence, the prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T