Deep Narayan Singh @ Deepu Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45493 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-252 Year-2026 Thana- BIDUPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Deep Narayan Singh @ Deepu Singh S/o Late Noonu Lal Singh @ Nunnu Singh R/o Village - Majlipur Mathura, Mathura Majlispur, P.S. - Bidupur, District - Vaishali.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ravish Mishra For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Braj Kishore Pd.(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 09-07-2026
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 offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022 and Sections 274, 275 of the BNS, 2023.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case but then the case has been quashed as such petitioner as of date is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 8636.76 litres of liquor from three different vehicles. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45493 of 2026(2) dt.09-07-2026 2/3 any of the seized vehicle and he came to be implicated at the instance of chowkidar with whom he is on an inimical term. It is also submitted that if chowkidar was aware of the involvement of the petitioner 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.
4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
5. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender 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 Bidupur P.S. Case No.252 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
6. It is made clear that the petitioner at the time of surrender shall also file an affidavit bringing on record the order by which Bidupur P.S. Case No.158 of 2020 under sections 323, 341, 324, 307 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45493 of 2026(2) dt.09-07-2026 3/3 27 of the Arms Act was quashed.
7. learned trial court thereafter shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case, in that event, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his antecedent before this court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if on verification 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) amit/- U T