Barun Singh @ Pappal Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11850 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-264 Year-2025 Thana- EXCISE UDAKISHUNGANJ DistrictMadhepura ====================================================== Barun Singh @ Pappal Singh S/o Ramesh Singh Resident of Ward No. 8, Khurhan Malik, P.S.- Alamnagar, District- Madhepura ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Saket Tiwary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, APP ====================================================== 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 offences punishable under Sections 45 of the Bihar Excise Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that based on secret information regarding liquor, the house of Chhotu Singh was raided, but then Chhotu Singh with his associates including the petitioner obstructed, abused and attempted to confine the raiding team.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11850 of 2026(2) dt.24-02-2026 2/3 informant being father of Chhotu Singh. It is also submitted that petitioner is a senior citizen aged about 65 years and has remained a person with clean antecedent, but all of a sudden has been made a criminal with an allegation that when the informant along with police force came to raid the house of Chhotu, an obstruction was created in which the petitioner even participated. It is also submitted that petitioner has been implicated only with a view to coerce Chhotu into submission.

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 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) 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 Excise Udakishunganj P.S. Case No. 264 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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11850 of 2026(2) dt.24-02-2026 3/3 in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case 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 is a person with clean antecedent in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T