Pankaj Kumar @ Pankaj Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17507 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-460 Year-2025 Thana- PATEPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Pankaj Kumar @ Pankaj Rai S/O Pramod Rai R/O Village - Basti ,Khoajpur Ward No.- 12, P.O- Pastara PS- Baligaon,Dist- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ashok Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Bishweshwar Ram ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 19-03-2026

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 Sections 30(a) and 45 of Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case and the informant alleges that 1.095 litres of liquor was recovered from the house of Kamlesh and Gayatri was arrested but then petitioner along with 20-25 unknown persons came and created ruckus and freed Gayatri Devi. It is next submitted that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case only for the reason that he had contested the election of Mukhiya.

4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17507 of 2026(2) dt.19-03-2026 2/2 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.5000/- (Rupees five 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 Patepur P.S. Case No.460/2025, 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 one case, 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 one case, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T