Rupam Anand @ Rauki @ Rupam Anand Rauki v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49301 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-30 Year-2023 Thana- MANIGACHI District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Rupam Anand @ Rauki @ Rupam Anand Rauki Son of Atul Kumar Das Resident of Pandaul Bazar, Ward No. 15, P.S.- Pandaul, District- Madhaubani. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ravi Ranjan For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 17-07-2026 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State, Sri Chandra Bhushan Prasad. 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 the petitioner has antecedent of seven cases under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 3844.440 litres of liquor from truck, Scorpio and motorcycle.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of any of the seized vehicles and he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of Amar in police custody which does

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49301 of 2026(2) dt.17-07-2026 2/3 not have any evidentiary value. It is further submitted that once an accused is implicated in a case relating to excise, the police starts implicating mechanically either at the instance of Chowkidar, local person, confessional statement or secret information 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. 35,000/- (Rupees Thirty-five 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 Manigachhi P.S. Case No. 30 of 2023, 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 seven cases then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49301 of 2026(2) dt.17-07-2026 3/3 antecedent 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 seven cases, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sumit/- U T