Ankaj Kumar @ Angad Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35296 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-83 Year-2026 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Saharsa ====================================================== Ankaj Kumar @ Angad Kumar S/o Biren Yadav @ Birendra Yadav R/o Village - Nandaloi, Naryanpur Narha Tola, Ward no. 1, PS - Bihra, Dist. - Saharsa.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ashok Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Shaheen Begum ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 22-06-2026
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 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 305.64 liters of liquor from a straw shed.
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 straw house is a place outside the house in the orchard and thus is accessible to villagers at large. It is also submitted that it does not appear
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35296 of 2026(3) dt.22-06-2026 2/3 probable that petitioner would have used his own straw house for committing an occurrence and thus would create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated, it is also submitted that it appears that someone inimical to the family concealed the liquor and the petitioner along with his family members came to be implicated at the instance of local person, but then it is reiterated and submitted that 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 Excise P.S. Case No. 83 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 even one case
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35296 of 2026(3) dt.22-06-2026 3/3 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 person with clean antecedent in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T