Raj Kumar Sahni v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13222 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-161 Year-2025 Thana- LAKHAURA District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.
Raj Kumar Sahni S/o- Sukat Sahni Village- Jhitkahiya PS- Lakhaura DistEast Champaran 2.
Bhushan Sahni S/o- Dhanai Sahni Village- Jhitkahiya PS- Lakhaura DistEast Champaran 3.
Chandeshwar Rai S/o- Late Banka Rai Village- Dostiya PS- Lakhaura DistEast Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Amit Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms.Asha Devi ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 10-03-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners seek bail in anticipation of their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 32 and 41(1) of the Excise Act.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioner no.1 has antecedent of three cases under the Excise Act and petitioner nos.2 and 3 have antecedent of one case under the Excise Act and the allegation is of recovery of 170 litres of liquor from a place near a bamboo orchard.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners were not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from their conscious possession and even alleged
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13222 of 2026(2) dt.10-03-2026 2/3 recovery is from a place, which does not belong to the petitioners and they came to be implicated at the instance of local person, but the name of the person, who disclosed the name of the petitioners is not disclosed in the F.I.R., which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution. 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 a proper investigation.
5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners, above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on provisional anticipatory bail on their furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) each 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 Lakhaura P. S. Case No.161 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
7. The application stands allowed.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13222 of 2026(2) dt.10-03-2026 3/3
8. It is made clear that the learned trial Court after accepting the provisional bail bonds of the petitioners shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioners and in the event, if it is found that petitioner no.1 has antecedent of more than three cases and petitioner nos.2 and 3 have antecedent of more than one case, then it would be presumed that petitioners for the purposes of obtaining anticipatory bail had concealed their 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 no.1 has antecedent of three cases only and petitioner nos.2 and 3 have antecedent of one case only, in that event, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T