Mantosh Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34788 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-91 Year-2026 Thana- OBRA District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Mantosh Paswan S/oRajendra Paswan R/o Village- Mahadewa, P.S.- Obra, District- Aurangabad, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Rupa Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Tapeshwar Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 25-06-2026

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 Sections 30(a) and 30(c) of the Bihar Excise Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of seven cases out of which five cases are under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 170 liters of liquor from a Sone diyara area along with 1000 liters of raw Jawa Mahua which was destroyed at the spot.

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 even alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34788 of 2026(3) dt.25-06-2026 2/3 and is accessible to villagers at large and he came to be implicated at the instance of Chowkidar, but then it is submitted that once an accused is implicated in a case relating to excise, the police starts implicating mechanically either at the instance of Chowkidar, local person, confessional statement or secret information without holding a proper investigation.

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. 35000/- (Rupees Thirty 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 Obra P.S. Case No. 91 of 2026 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 more than seven cases then it would be presumed that petitioner, for

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34788 of 2026(3) dt.25-06-2026 3/3 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 has antecedent of seven cases only, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T