Mintu @ Mintu Baitha v. The State Of Bihr

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37942 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-80 Year-2024 Thana- SHRIKRISHNAPURI District- Patna ====================================================== Mintu @ Mintu Baitha S/o Asarf Baitha R/o Village - Dharihara, P.S. -Dhariyapur, District - Saran(Chapra).

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Usha Kumari Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nirmal Kumar Sinha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 17-06-2026

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 750 ml of liquor from Meghnath.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37942 of 2026(2) dt.17-06-2026 2/3 petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from Meghnath with whom petitioner has no concern or relation, but then he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of Meghnath in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value.

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 Sri Krishnapuri P.S. Case No. 80 of 2024 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 then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his antecedent before this

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37942 of 2026(2) dt.17-06-2026 3/3 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