Solu Kumar @ Sonu Yadav @ Sonu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44109 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-152 Year-2026 Thana- PARBATTA District- Khagaria ====================================================== Solu Kumar @ Sonu Yadav @ Sonu Kumar Son of Chandradev @ Chandra Dev Yadav Resident of Village - Baisa, Police Station - (Maraiya O.P.) Parbatta, District - Khagaria.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shashank Shekhar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Nirala ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 07-07-2026
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 has antecedent of eight cases out of which one case is under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 106.5 liters of liquor from roadside.
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.44109 of 2026(2) dt.07-07-2026 2/3 and is accessible to villagers at large and he came to be implicated based on identification made by Sanjay Yadav, Home Guard. It is next submitted that of late police has started implicating accused having criminal antecedent in cases relating to excise for obvious reasons 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. 40000/- (Rupees Forty 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 Parbatta P.S. Case No. 152 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 eight cases then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his antecedent
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44109 of 2026(2) dt.07-07-2026 3/3 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 eight cases only that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T