Narayan Mishra v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10919 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-675 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- West Champaran ====================================================== Narayan Mishra S/O Late Nagendra Mishra R/O Vill.- Sagar Pokhra, Ujjain Tola, Ward no.33, P.S.- Bettiah Town, Dist.- West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sharad Kumar Verma For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Md. Shakir Ahmad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 24-02-2026
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 offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of two cases and allegation is of recovery of 8.280 litres of liquor from a scooty. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated based on the fact that he is owner of the seized vehicle. It is next submitted that no prudent person would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would create evidence against himself and hence would get
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10919 of 2026(2) dt.24-02-2026 2/3 implicated. It is also submitted that the petitioner was completely unaware that his friend would misuse his vehicle in the manner as alleged, who also fled from the spot.
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 before the learned Court below 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 Bettiah Excise P.S. FIR No.675/2025, 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
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10919 of 2026(2) dt.24-02-2026 3/3 cases, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T