Patna High CourtCR. MISC./50608/2026disposed

Bablu Ram v. The State Of Bihar

2026-07-23Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50608 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-239 Year-2026 Thana- GANDHIMAIDAN District- Patna ====================================================== 1.

Bablu Ram S/o Vishvanath Ram R/o - Anta Ghat Pani Tanki, P.S- Gandhi Maidan, District - Patna 2.

Nashin Devi @ Nasrin Devi W/o Sunil Ram R/o - Anta Ghat Pani Tanki, P.S- Gandhi Maidan, District - Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Dhirendra Prasad Sinha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Umanath Mishra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 23-07-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners seek bail in anticipation of their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 41(1) of the Excise Act.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have antecedent of one case under the Excise Act and petitioner no.2 is a woman and allegation is of recovery of 10 litres of liquor from a hut near Bankipur Club.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners were not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from their conscious possession and even alleged

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50608 of 2026(2) dt.23-07-2026 2/3 recovery is from a hut, which does not belong to the petitioners and they came to be implicated at the instance of local person, but the name of the person, who disclosed the name of the petitioners is not disclosed in the F.I.R., which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution, since petitioners have not been implicated based on secret information.

5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners, above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on provisional anticipatory bail on their furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five 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 Gandhi Maidan P. S. Case No.239 of 2026, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. The application stands allowed.

8. It is made clear that the learned trial Court after accepting the provisional bail bonds of the petitioners shall

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50608 of 2026(2) dt.23-07-2026 3/3 verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioners and in the event, if it is found that petitioners have antecedent of more than one case, then it would be presumed that petitioners for the purposes of obtaining anticipatory bail had concealed their antecedent before this Court, in that event, the present provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but if on verification, it is found that petitioners have antecedent of one case only, in that event, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T