Laddu Kumar @ Jayram @ Jayram Mahto v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25626 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-455 Year-2025 Thana- SITAMARHI District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Laddu Kumar @ Jayram @ Jayram Mahto S/O Late Chandeshwar Mahto R/O Nuniya Toli, Janki Asthan, Chakmahila, P.S- Sitamarhi, Dist.- Sitamarhi. ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Dwij Raj For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ramesh Chandra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 21-04-2026
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 Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 121.20 liters of liquor from an Auto.
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 the seized Auto and came to be implicated at the instance of Chowkidar and local person, but then it is submitted that if Chowkidar and local person were aware of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25626 of 2026(2) dt.21-04-2026 2/3 involvement of the petitioner in the occurrence then why they did not inform the police prior to institution of the instant FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution, when admittedly petitioner is a person with clean antecedent.
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. 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 Sitamarhi P.S. Case No. 455 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 even one case 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
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25626 of 2026(2) dt.21-04-2026 3/3 person with clean antecedent in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T