Jitendra Kumar Singh @ Jitendra Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10320 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-248 Year-2017 Thana- DAUDNAGAR District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Jitendra Kumar Singh @ Jitendra Singh Son of Suryanath Singh Resident of village- Kanak Narayanpur, Ps- Buxar, Dist- Buxar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms. Dimpal Kumari For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Akbar Ali ====================================================== 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 Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of four cases under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 77.76 litres of liquor from a car. 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 also submitted that the vehicle was stolen prior to the occurrence for which FIR being Gahmar P.S. Case No.473/2017 was instituted on 13.09.2017, but police in
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10320 of 2026(3) dt.16-03-2026 2/3 mechanical manner without holding a proper investigation falsely implicated the petitioner because of his antecedents.
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.20,000/- (Rupees twenty 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 Daudnagar P.S. Case No.248/2017, 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 four 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 four cases, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10320 of 2026(3) dt.16-03-2026 3/3 be confirmed forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T