Samundar Prasad Singh @ Master Saheb @ Samrendra Prasad Singh @ Samendra Prasad v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23501 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-545 Year-2025 Thana- HARNAUT District- Nalanda ====================================================== Samundar Prasad Singh @ Master Saheb @ Samrendra Prasad Singh @ Samendra Prasad Son of Late Deoki Singh Resident of Adarsh Nagar Ranchi Road , Harnaut P.S- Harnaut District- Nalanda presently residing at F386, Sushant Lok II Sector 57 P.S. - Bazirabad Gurugram Haryana 122011 ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sharda Kumari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 09-04-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 28.95 litres of liquor from the room of tenant Ankit Kumar in petitioner's house.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a room, which was on rent and the police in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23501 of 2026(2) dt.09-04-2026 2/3 mechanical manner implicated the petitioner without holding a proper investigation based on secret information, which is the easiest way to implicate someone. It is also submitted that petitioner is a senior citizen aged about 78 years and is a retired teacher and resides at Delhi with his son who is doctor. It is further submitted that petitioner is suffering from ailments.

5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application.

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 Court below within a period of ten weeks, is directed to be released on provisional anticipatory bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum 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 Harnaut P. S. Case No.545 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. The application stands allowed.

8. It is made clear that the learned trial Court after accepting the provisional bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if it is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23501 of 2026(2) dt.09-04-2026 3/3 found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case, then it would be presumed that petitioner for the purposes of obtaining anticipatory bail had concealed his antecedent before this Court, in that event, the present provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but if on verification, 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) vikash/- U T