Raja Chaudhary @ Raja Babu v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30196 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-176 Year-2024 Thana- PIPRA District- Supaul ====================================================== Raja Chaudhary @ Raja Babu Son of Hare Ram Chaudhary R/o Thumha Ward No. 11 Thumha, P.S.- Supaul, Dist.- Supaul ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms.Patla Kumari For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Shyam Bihari Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 23-06-2026
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 by order dated 13.05.2026, the ownership report of the seized vehicle was called for from the District Transport Officer, but the same till date has not been received by this Court.
4. The Court will not wait endlessly for the ownership report of the seized vehicle.
5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 342 litres of liquor from a car.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30196 of 2026(3) dt.23-06-2026 2/3
6. 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 is not the owner of the seized car and he came to be implicated at the instance of Chaukidar with whom he is on an inimical term. It is further submitted that if Chaukidar was aware of the involvement of the petitioners in the occurrence, then why he did not inform the police prior to institution of the present F.I.R., which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution. It is next submitted that police in majority of cases implicating innocent persons either at the behest of Chaukidar, local person, secret information and confessional statement in a mechanical manner without holding a proper investigation.
7. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application.
8. 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 six weeks, is directed to be released on provisional anticipatory bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Trial
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30196 of 2026(3) dt.23-06-2026 3/3 Court where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Supaul Pipra P. S. Case No.176 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
9. The application stands allowed.
10.
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 found that petitioner has antecedent of more than 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 has antecedent of only one case, in that event, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T