Om Prakash Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.75643 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-303 Year-2025 Thana- Daudnagar Excise District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Om Prakash Singh S/O Sri Mahendra Singh R/O Village- Kara, P.S.- Obra, Distt.- Aurangabad ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajesh Mohan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Rana Randhir Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 17-11-2025

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 Sections 30(a), 30(c), 30(d), 32(3), 41(1) and 41(2) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 280 litres of spirit along with 4.68 litres of liquor from a closed rice mill godown.

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 further submitted that petitioner came to be implicated as he is owner of the rice mill godown. It is next submitted that no prudent person would

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75643 of 2025(2) dt.17-11-2025 2/3 use his own premises for committing an occurrence and thus would create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated. It is also submitted that the rice mill godown was closed since long, as such, it appears that some one taking advantage of the said fact concealed the liquor in the godown without the knowledge of the petitioner.

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, let 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.5,000/- (Rupees 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 Daudnagar Excise P.S. Case No. 303 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. It is made clear that thereafter the learned trial court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than one case, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75643 of 2025(2) dt.17-11-2025 3/3 antecedent before this Court at para 3 of the anticipatory bail application in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if it is found on verification that petitioner has antecedent of only one case in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T