Manish Kumar @ Manish Choudhari v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29959 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-202 Year-2017 Thana- FATEHPUR District- Gaya ====================================================== Manish Kumar @ Manish Choudhari Son of Ramrup Chaudhary Resident of Village- Korma PS- Chandauti District -GayaJi ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shailesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Anant Kumar 1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 06-05-2026
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 272, 273, 34 of the IPC and Section 30(A) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 70 litres of liquor from two motorcycles. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated based on the fact that he is owner of one of the seized vehicle. It is next submitted that no prudent person would use his own vehicle for committing an
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29959 of 2026(2) dt.06-05-2026 2/3 occurrence and thus would create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated. It is also submitted that the petitioner was completely unaware that his friend would misuse his vehicle in the manner as alleged who also fled from the spot.
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.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 Fatehpur P.S. Case No.202/2017, 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
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29959 of 2026(2) dt.06-05-2026 3/3 case, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T