Rahul Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.81502 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-341 Year-2025 Thana- Daudnagar Excise District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Rahul Kumar S/O Rajesh Prasad Resident of vill- Amjhar Sharif, PS- Haspura Dist- Aurangabad (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Adarsh Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ajay Kumar No. 2, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 18-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 32(3) of 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 60 litres of liquor from a motorcycle. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and he came to be implicated based on the fact that he is owner of one of the seized motorcycle. It is next submitted that no prudent person would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus, would create evidence against himself and hence,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81502 of 2025(2) dt.18-12-2025 2/3 would get implicated. It is also submitted that petitioner was completely unaware that Manikant Kumar would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged who was also apprehended from the spot.

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

5. 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 Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on provisional anticipatory bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge Excise Court No.-II, Aurangabad, Bihar in connection with Daudnagar Excise P.S. Case No.341 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

6. The application stands allowed.

7. It is made clear that the learned trial Court after accepting the provisional bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than one case, then it would be presumed that petitioner for the purposes of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81502 of 2025(2) dt.18-12-2025 3/3 obtaining anticipatory bail had concealed his 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 petitioner has antecedent of only one case, in that event, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Sanjay/- U T