Guddu Sahni @ Guddu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30827 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-97 Year-2026 Thana- MAKER District- Saran ====================================================== Guddu Sahni @ Guddu Kumar S/O Late Singheshwar Sahani @ Sigehswar Sahni R/O Village- Hasanpura Murahi , P.S- Maker ,Dist - Saran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Nazir Ansari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 07-05-2026

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

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of 15 cases, out of which, 12 cases are under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 300 litres of liquor from a place near bank of Gandak river. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner and is accessible to villagers at large and he came to be implicated at the instance of chowkidar with whom he is on

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30827 of 2026(2) dt.07-05-2026 2/3 an inimical term. It is next submitted that if chowkidar was aware of the involvement of the petitioner in the occurrence then why he did not inform the police prior to institution of the instant FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution. It is also submitted that once an accused is implicated in a case relating to excise, the police starts implicating mechanically either through chowkidar, local person, confessional statement or secret information without holding a proper investigation. It is further submitted that petitioner in similar manner earlier also came to be implicated in cases relating to excise. It is further submitted that the manner in which the police implicates amply demonstrates that the investigation is mechanical.

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.75,000/- (Rupees seventy five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30827 of 2026(2) dt.07-05-2026 3/3 pending/successor court in connection with Maker P.S. Case No.97/2026, 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 event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than 15 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 15 cases, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T