Rupam Anand @ Rocky @ Rup Anand v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13474 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-283 Year-2025 Thana- PANDAUL District- Madhubani ====================================================== Rupam Anand @ Rocky @ Rup Anand S/O Atul Kumar Das @ Atul Das R/O Mohalla- Pandaul Bazar, P.S- Pandaul, District- Madhubani. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ravi Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nityanand, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 15-04-2026

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) and 32(2) of the Bihar Excise Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of ten cases under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 3062.52 liters of liquor from two Scorpio vehicles.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of any of the seized vehicles and he came to be implicated at the instance of Chowkidar with whom he is on an

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13474 of 2026(2) dt.15-04-2026 2/3 inimical term. It is also submitted that if Chowkidar was aware of 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 petitioner in similar manner earlier also came to be implicated in cases relating to excise.

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. 50000/- (Rupees Fifty 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 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 ten cases then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13474 of 2026(2) dt.15-04-2026 3/3 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 ten cases only, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T