Manish Kumar Singhania @ Manish Kumar Singhaniya v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86289 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-219 Year-2025 Thana- KRITYANAND NAGAR DistrictPurnia ====================================================== Manish Kumar Singhania @ Manish Kumar Singhaniya Son of Late Ramanand Singhaniya Resident of Gadhpura ward no. 17, P.S.- Gadhpura, District- Begusarai, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rajnish Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Chandra Bhushan Prasad- A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 05-01-2026

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

2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 2479.2 litres of liquor from two trucks.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits 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 truck. It is next submitted that no prudent person would

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86289 of 2025(2) dt.05-01-2026 2/3 use his own vehicle for committing a crime 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 further submitted that petitioner was completely unaware that Rajeev would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged as he was also apprehended at the spot. It is next submitted that earlier also in the same manner, petitioner came to be implicated.

5. Learned A.P.P. Sri Chandra Bhushan Prasad opposes the anticipatory bail application.

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 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 Trial Court where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with K. Nagar P. S. Case No.219 of 2025, 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 petitioner shall verify

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86289 of 2025(2) dt.05-01-2026 3/3 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 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 one case only, in that event, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. (Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T