Dilip Kumar Patel v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14316 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1 Year-2015 Thana- DUMARIAGHAT District- East Champaran ====================================================== Dilip Kumar Patel S/O Rampukar Patel R/V Nazirpur Prabhat Nagar, P.SAhiyapur Dist-Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sanjeet Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shyameshwar Dayal ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 13-03-2026 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Dumariyaghat PS Case No. 1 of 2015 registered for the offences punishable under Section 420, 414, 272, 273, 120B of the IPC and Section 47(A) of the Bihar Excise Act. 3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 3800 litres of spirit from a truck. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of the seized vehicle and he came to be implicated at the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14316 of 2026(2) dt.13-03-2026 2/3 instance of registered owner who produced sale letter documents alleging that he had sold his vehicle to the petitioner. It is next submitted that a specific averment is made at para-6 of the anticipatory bail application that petitioner is not the owner of the seized vehicle. It is further submitted that ownership of the vehicle was never transferred in the name of the petitioner as such sale letter is a sham document produced by the owner to save himself.

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 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 Dumariyaghat PS Case No. 1 of 2015, 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 even one case

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14316 of 2026(2) dt.13-03-2026 3/3 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) Sumit/- U T