Raj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38976 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-186 Year-2025 Thana- SONEPUR District- Saran ====================================================== 1.

Raj Kumar S/O Nawal Rai R/O Village- Shershah Road, Mirshikar Toli, P.SAlamganj, Distt.- Patna. 2.

Kunal Kumar @ Dev Kumar S/O Nawal Rai R/O Village- Shershah Road, Mirshikar Toli, P.S- Alamganj, Dist.- Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Jay Ram Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms.Indu Kumari Srivastava ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 22-06-2026 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 317(5), 111, 61(2) of BNS and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act. 3.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no. 1 has antecedent of three cases and petitioner no. 2 has antecedent of two cases and allegation is of recovery of 6912 litres of liquor from a truck.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from their conscious possession and are not the owner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38976 of 2026(2) dt.22-06-2026 2/3 of the seized truck and they came to be implicated at the instance of Chowkidar with whom they are on an inimical term. It is next submitted that if Chowkidar was aware about the involvement of the petitioners 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. 5.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

6.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) each 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 Sonepur P.S. Case No. 186 of 2025 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 petitioners and in the event if it is found that petitioner no. 1 has antecedent of more than three cases and petitioner no. 2 has antecedent of more than two cases then it would be presumed that petitioners, for the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38976 of 2026(2) dt.22-06-2026 3/3 purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed their antecedent before this Court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed with respect to that petitioner who had concealed his criminal antecedent before this Court, but after verification if it is found that petitioner no. 1 has antecedent of three cases and petitioner no. 2 has antecedent of two cases in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sumit/- U T