Patna High Court
CR. MISC./57176/2026 of Rakesh Kumar Vs The State of Bihar on 18 August 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57176 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-236 Year-2026 Thana- KARAHGAR District- Rohtas ====================================================== Rakesh Kumar Son of Pyare Singh @ Ram Pyar Singh @ Ram Pyare Singh Resident of Village- Bakasara,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57176 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-236 Year-2026 Thana- KARAHGAR District- Rohtas ======================================================
Rakesh Kumar Son of Pyare Singh @ Ram Pyar Singh @ Ram Pyare Singh Resident of Village- Bakasara, P.S.- Karahgar, District- Rohtas
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Rajani Kant Singh, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Rajesh Kumar, A.P.P.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
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ORAL ORDER
18-08-2026
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 offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of three cases out of which one case is under the Excise Act and in one case, the petitioner was acquitted and allegation is of recovery of 327.720 litres of liquor from a Scorpio.
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 is not the owner of the seized vehicle and came to be implicated at the instance of the local person but then it is Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57176 of 2026(2) dt.18-08-2026
submitted that once an accused is implicated in a case relating to excise the police start implicating mechanically either at the instance of the Chawkidar, local person, confessional statement or secret information without holding a proper investigation of the case.
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 appearing on behalf of the petitioner, let the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen 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 Karahgar P.S. Case No. 236 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. However, 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 three cases, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his antecedent before this Court at para 3 of the anticipatory bail Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57176 of 2026(2) dt.18-08-2026
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 three cases in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
Kundan/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T