Nago Kewat @ Nagendra Kewat v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87500 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-70 Year-2025 Thana- KARANDAY District- Sheikhpura ====================================================== Nago Kewat @ Nagendra Kewat S/o Late Lakhan Kewat R/o - Siyani, P.S - Karande, District - Sheikhpura ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Arun Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sucheta Yadav ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 20-01-2026

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 191(2), 191(3), 190, 109, 115(2), 126(2), 324(3), 263(b), 121(1), 132 of the B.N.S. and Section 45 of the Excise Act.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 01 litres of liquor along with 10 litres semi prepared liquor from Siani village and one Shanti Devi was apprehended and thereafter, 20-25 people gathered including the petitioner along with 12-13 unknown accused and started assaulting the police party and even damaged the vehicle and

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87500 of 2025(3) dt.20-01-2026 2/3 forcefully freed Shanti Devi. Further, in the assault, the police received injury.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that allegation of assault is general and omnibus in nature. It is also submitted that since petitioner resides nearby to the place of occurrence, as such, he he came to be implicated, when admittedly petitioner is a person with clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. 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.500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) 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 Karande P. S. Case No.70 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87500 of 2025(3) dt.20-01-2026 3/3

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 the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even 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 is a person with clean antecedent, in that event, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. (Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T