Manoj Singh @ Manoj Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.273 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-562 Year-2025 Thana- CHAPRA MUFFASIL District- Saran ====================================================== 1.
Manoj Singh @ Manoj Kumar Singh S/O Birendra Singh R/O VillageNayka Barka Baiju Tola, P.S- Revilganj, Dist.- Saran at Chapra. 2.
Arbind Singh S/O Sachchitananda Singh @ Sachchinda Singh R/O VillageNayka Barka Baiju Tola, P.S- Revilganj, Dist.- Saran at Chapra. 3.
Duran Singh @ Dhuran Singh @ Dhurendhar Prasad Singh @ Dhurandhar Prasad Singh S/O Late Ramjee Singh R/O Village- Nayka Barka Baiju Tola, P.S- Revilganj, Dist.- Saran at Chapra.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rakesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ram Bilash Roy Raman ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 15-01-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 111 of BNS and Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no.1 has antecedent of two cases under the Excise Act, petitioner no.2 has antecedent of ten cases, out of which five cases are under the Excise Act and petitioner no.3 has antecedent of eight cases, out of which two cases are under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 336.960 litres of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.273 of 2026(2) dt.15-01-2026 2/3 liquor from a car. It is next submitted that petitioners were not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from their conscious possession and are not the owners of the seized vehicle and they came to be implicated at the instance of apprehended accused in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value. It is also submitted that of late the police has started implicating persons having criminal antecedents in excise cases for obvious reason with holding a proper investigation.
4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.
5. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand) each 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 Chapra Muffasil P.S. Case No.562/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
6. It is made clear that thereafter the learned trial court
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.273 of 2026(2) dt.15-01-2026 3/3 thereafter shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioners and in the event if it is found that petitioner no.1 has antecedent of more than two cases, petitioner no.2 has antecedent of more than 10 cases and petitioner no.3 has antecedent of more than 8 cases, in that event, it would be presumed that petitioners had concealed their antecedent before this court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed with but if after verification it is found that petitioner no.1 has antecedent of two cases, petitioner no.2 has antecedent of ten cases and petitioner no.3 has antecedent of eight cases, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T