Patna High Court
CR. MISC./54527/2026 of Mahesh Kumar Chaudhary @ Mahesh Chaudhary Vs The State of Bihar on 7 August 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.54527 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-225 Year-2026 Thana- TEGHRHA District- Begusarai ====================================================== Mahesh Kumar Chaudhary @ Mahesh Chaudhary S/o Late Ram Vilas Choudhary R/o Village -
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.54527 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-225 Year-2026 Thana- TEGHRHA District- Begusarai ======================================================
Mahesh Kumar Chaudhary @ Mahesh Chaudhary S/o Late Ram Vilas Choudhary R/o Village - Paigambarpur, Salempur Titu, Ward no. - 07, P.S - Teghra, District - Begusarai
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Tarun Kumar
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Anil Prasad Singh
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
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ORAL ORDER
07-08-2026
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 offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of two cases under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 8 liters of liquor from a hut like shop.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a hut like shop which does not belong to the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.54527 of 2026(2) dt.07-08-2026
petitioner and he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of apprehended accused in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value.
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 for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Trial Court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on Provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10000/- (Rupees Ten 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 Teghra P.S. Case No. 225 of 2026 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.
7. It is made clear that thereafter the learned Trial Court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than two cases then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his antecedent before this Court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but after Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.54527 of 2026(2) dt.07-08-2026
verification if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of two cases only, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
Rishabh/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T