Patna High Court
CR. MISC./57166/2026 of Rupan Sahani Vs The State of Bihar on 18 August 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57166 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-46 Year-2026 Thana- MUSAHARI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Rupan Sahani S/O Ramnandan Sahni Resident of village- Rajwara Bhagawan, P.S.- Mushhari,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57166 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-46 Year-2026 Thana- MUSAHARI District- Muzaffarpur ======================================================
Rupan Sahani S/O Ramnandan Sahni Resident of village- Rajwara Bhagawan, P.S.- Mushhari, District- Muzaffarpur
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Raju Kumar, Advocate
Mr. Shubham Samrat, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Indu Kumari Srivastava, 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 one case under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 8 litres of liquor from the hut of Savita Devi, 9 litres of liquor from the house of the petitioner and 19.600 litres of liquor from the hut of Neeraj Paswan.
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 the house in question is a joint family property, as such, it Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57166 of 2026(2) dt.18-08-2026
cannot be alleged with certainty that it was the petitioner who had kept the liquor in the house or the liquor kept in the house was within his knowledge and after amendment in the Excise Act in the year 2018, the concept of deemed possession and presumed offender has been done away with. It is next submitted that petitioner came to be implicated based on the secret information which is the easiest way to implicate someone 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.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 Musahari P.S. Case No. 46 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 Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57166 of 2026(2) dt.18-08-2026
and if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than one case, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his antecedent before this Court at para 3 of the anticipatory bail 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 one case in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
Kundan/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T