Sabir @ Md. Sabir Siddiqui @ Sahid Siddique v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7551 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2116 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- East Champaran ====================================================== Sabir @ Md. Sabir Siddiqui @ Sahid Siddique Son of Sakil main @ Md. Shakil Resident of Village - Jeodhara, P.S. - Piprakothi, District - East Champaran(Bihar).
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwari For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Nirala ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 15-04-2026
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, 2018.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of two cases but inadvertently at Para3 it was pleaded that petitioner has antecedent of one case under the Excise Act, as such supplementary affidavit has been filed. and allegation is of recovery of 81 litres of liquor from an auto and a motorcycle. It is next submitted 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
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7551 of 2026(2) dt.15-04-2026 2/3 vehicle and he came to be implicated based on secret information which is the easiest way to implicate someone without holding a proper investigation.
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 within a period of six weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds 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 Excise P.S. Case No.2116/2025, 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 more than two cases, 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 has antecedent of two cases, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7551 of 2026(2) dt.15-04-2026 3/3 be confirmed forthwith.
7. The office is directed to trace the supplementary affidavit and tag the same with the record of the instant anticipatory bail application.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T