Patna High Court
CR. MISC./52764/2026 of Lalan Kumar Chaupal @ Lalan Chaupal Vs The State of Bihar on 29 July 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52764 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-142 Year-2026 Thana- EXCISE BIRAUL District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Lalan Kumar Chaupal @ Lalan Chaupal S/o Kartik Chaupal R/o vill - Mansara, Ward No. 12,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52764 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-142 Year-2026 Thana- EXCISE BIRAUL District- Darbhanga ======================================================
Lalan Kumar Chaupal @ Lalan Chaupal S/o Kartik Chaupal R/o vill - Mansara, Ward No. 12, P.S.- Ghanshyampur, Distt.- Darbhanga
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Kaushal Kumar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Nityanand, A.P.P.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
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ORAL ORDER
29-07-2026
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 Act, 2016.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 10.500 litres of liquor from a semi constructed house of the petitioner.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and the house was under construction, as such, no one was staying and thus was accessible to villagers at large. It is further submitted that no prudent person would use his own premises for committing an Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52764 of 2026(2) dt.29-07-2026
occurrence and, thus, would create evidence against himself and, hence, would get implicated. It is next submitted that petitioner came to be implicated based on the disclosure made by his mother. It is also submitted that the police forcefully recorded the statement of the mother of the petitioner which does not have any evidentiary value in the eye of law.
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.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 Biraul Excise P.S. Case No. 142 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 even one case, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52764 of 2026(2) dt.29-07-2026
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 is a person with clean antecedent in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
Kundan/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T