Bullet Yadav @ Bulet Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22845 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-18 Year-2026 Thana- MANJHAGARH District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Bullet Yadav @ Bulet Yadav S/o Amresh Yadav Resident of Village - Bhaisahi Nawka Tola, P.S. - Manjhagarh, District - Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bijay Prakash Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Manoj Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 27-04-2026

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 offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of three cases, out of which, two cases are under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 9 litres of liquor concealed under straw kept near poultry farm and 567 litres of liquor from a bamboo orchard of the petitioner. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and It is next submitted that no prudent person would use his own field for committing an occurrence and thus would create

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22845 of 2026(3) dt.27-04-2026 2/3 evidence against himself and hence would get implicated. It is also submitted that someone inimical to the family concealed the liquor in the bamboo orchard and petitioner came to be implicated at the instance of local person but then the name of the person who disclosed the name of the petitioner is not disclosed in the FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution, when petitioner has not been implicated based on secret information.

4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for 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.15,000/- (Rupees fifteen 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 Manjhagarh P.S. Case No.18/2026, 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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22845 of 2026(3) dt.27-04-2026 3/3 event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than three cases, 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 three cases, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T