Dhiraj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

pIN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11843 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-497 Year-2025 Thana- KANTI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== 1.

Dhiraj Kumar S/O Indal Sahni R/O Village- Ramnath Dhamauli, P.S- Kanti, Distt.- Muzaffarpur.

2.

Indal Sahni S/O Chhatu Sahni R/O Village- Ramnath Dhamauli, P.S- Kanti, Distt.- Muzaffarpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ramesh Chandra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 24-02-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 120 liters of liquor from a place near bank of Gandak river along with 3000 raw Jawa Mahua solution which destroyed at the spot.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners were not apprehended from the spot as such nothing

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11843 of 2026(2) dt.24-02-2026 2/3 was recovered from their conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioners and is accessible to villagers at large and they came to be implicated at the instance of Chowkidar with whom they are on an inimical term.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Trial Court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on Provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) each 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 Kanti P.S. Case No. 497 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 petitioners and in the event if it is found that any of the petitioners have antecedent of even one case then it would be presumed that petitioners, for the purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11843 of 2026(2) dt.24-02-2026 3/3 concealed their antecedent before this Court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but after verification if it is found that petitioners are persons with clean antecedent in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T