Vicky Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6727 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-228 Year-2025 Thana- THALI District- Nawada ====================================================== Vicky Kumar Son of Dinesh Yadav @ Lallu Yadav Resident of Village - Lakhpat Bigha, Police Station - Thali, District - Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shankar Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Md. Anzarul Haque Sahara ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 04-02-2026

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 30(a) of the Excise Act.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of two cases out of which one case is under the Excise Act as would manifest from the supplementary affidavit and allegation is of recovery of 79 litres of liquor from a brick-kiln.

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 even alleged recovery is from a brick-kiln, which does not belong to the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6727 of 2026(2) dt.04-02-2026 2/3 petitioner and he came to be implicated at the instance of Chaukidar with whom he is on an inimical term. It is also submitted that it appears that Chaukidar in order to save the real culprit falsely implicated the petitioner, since petitioner was having antecedent under the Excise Act from before.

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.10,000/- (Rupees Ten 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 Thali P. S. Case No.228 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 the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than two cases,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6727 of 2026(2) dt.04-02-2026 3/3 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 two 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.3,000/- with Lawyers' Association, Patna High Court, Patna within a period of two weeks from today.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T