Patna High Court
CR. MISC./49797/2026 of Narad Kumar Yadav Vs The State of Bihar on 22 July 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49797 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-829 Year-2025 Thana- KATIHAR NAGAR District- Katihar ====================================================== Narad Kumar Yadav S/o Dinanath Yadav R/o Gaushala, Ramsabha, P.S.- Sahayak, Distt.- Katihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49797 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-829 Year-2025 Thana- KATIHAR NAGAR District- Katihar ======================================================
Narad Kumar Yadav S/o Dinanath Yadav R/o Gaushala, Ramsabha, P.S.- Sahayak, Distt.- Katihar
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Suresh Prasad Singh, A.P.P.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
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ORAL ORDER
22-07-2026
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 offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 41 and 47 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 125 litres of liquor from an E-rickshaw.
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 came to be implicated based on the fact that he is owner of the seized vehicle. It is next submitted that Shyam Kumar intended to purchase the vehicle but then the deal could Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49797 of 2026(2) dt.22-07-2026
not go through but Shyam Kumar had kept the vehicle with himself, as such, petitioner was not aware that Shaym Kumar would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged who was also apprehended from the spot.
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 Katihar Town P.S. Case No. 829 of 2025, 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 antecedent before this Court at para 3 of the anticipatory bail application in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49797 of 2026(2) dt.22-07-2026
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