Chunnu Singh @ Dhirendr Samsher v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52371 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-94 Year-2026 Thana- MUSAHARI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Chunnu Singh @ Dhirendr Samsher S/o Late Ramdayal Singh R/o Mohalla - Islampur Speaker Chawk, P.S - Kazimohammadpur, District - Muzaffarpur (Wrongly mentioned in the F.I.R as Village - Pankhatoli, P.S - Town) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Anish Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shailendra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 29-07-2026

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 Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of two cases, out of which, one case is under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 25.92 litres of liquor from factory of petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It is next submitted that no prudent person would use his own factory premises for

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52371 of 2026(2) dt.29-07-2026 2/3 committing an occurrence and thus would create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated and at the same time shall bring disrepute to his business. It is also submitted that the petitioner was completely unaware that his employee would misuse his premises in the manner as alleged and he came to be implicated based on secret information which is the easiest way to implicate someone, 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 within a period of six weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten 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 Mushahari P.S. Case No.94/2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

7. It is made clear that the learned trial court thereafter shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52371 of 2026(2) dt.29-07-2026 3/3 event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than two cases, 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 has antecedent of two cases, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T