Vinod Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7850 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-393 Year-2024 Thana- DALSINGHSARAI District- Samastipur ====================================================== Vinod Paswan S/o Ramjivan Paswan R/o Village- Kalyanpur Basti Purab, Ward No.10, P.S- Dalsinghsarai, Dist- Samastipur. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rajesh Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Suman Kumari Singh, 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 offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 2039.04 litres of liquor from a truck and a motorcycle was seized.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It is further submitted that petitioner came to be implicated based on the fact that he is owner of the seized motorcycle. It is further submitted that no prudent person would use his own vehicle for committing an
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7850 of 2026(3) dt.16-03-2026 2/3 occurrence and thus would create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated. It is next submitted that petitioner was completely unaware that his friend would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged who also fled from the spot. It is also submitted that petitioner is not the owner of the truck.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, let 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.500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) 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 Dalsinghsarai P.S. Case No. 393 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. It is made clear that thereafter the learned Trial Court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his antecedent before this Court at para 3 of the anticipatory bail application in
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7850 of 2026(3) dt.16-03-2026 3/3 that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if it is found on verification that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T