Vikram Yadav @ Bikram Yadav @ Vikram Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10543 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-283 Year-2025 Thana- PANDAUL District- Madhubani ====================================================== Vikram Yadav @ Bikram Yadav @ Vikram Kumar Singh S/o Bhola Yadav @ Jai Prakash Bhuwan R/o vill - Sagarpur, P.S.- Sakri, Distt.- Madhubani at present R/o vill - Pandaul, P.s.- Pandaul, Distt.- Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Arvind Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Narsingh Tanti ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 23-02-2026 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), 41(1), 31(1), 31(2) of the Bihar Excise Act.
3.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of fifteen cases out of which thirteen cases are under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 3062.52 litres of liquor from two Scorpio vehicles and a varandah.
4.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10543 of 2026(2) dt.23-02-2026 2/3 any of the seized vehicles and even the house from where the recovery is alleged to have been made does not belong to the petitioner and he came to be implicated at the instance of Chowkidar but then it is submitted that if the Chowkidar was aware about the involvement of the petitioner in the occurrence, then why he did not inform the police prior to institution of the instant FIR, which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution. It is further submitted that once an accused is implicated in a case relating to excise, the police starts implicating mechanically either at the instance of Chowkidar, local person, confessional statement or secret information without holding a proper investigation. It is also submitted that petitioner earlier also came to be implicated in a similar manner. 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, 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. 75,000/- (Rupees Seventy-five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10543 of 2026(2) dt.23-02-2026 3/3 pending/successor court in connection with Pandaul P.S. Case No. 283 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
7.
It is made clear that thereafter the learned Trial Court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than fifteen cases then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his antecedent before this Court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but after verification if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of fifteen cases in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Sumit/- U T