Patna High Court
CR. MISC./48691/2026 of Saurav Kumar @ Saurabh Kumar Vs The State of Bihar on 16 July 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.48691 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-193 Year-2026 Thana- EXCISE MADHUBAN District- East Champaran ====================================================== Saurav Kumar @ Saurabh Kumar Son of Ramchandra Singh Resident of Village- Dharmaha
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.48691 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-193 Year-2026 Thana- EXCISE MADHUBAN District- East Champaran ======================================================
Saurav Kumar @ Saurabh Kumar Son of Ramchandra Singh Resident of Village- Dharmaha (Darmaha), P.S.- Kesariya, District- East Champaran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Karandeep Kumar
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Rabindra Kumar
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
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ORAL ORDER
16-07-2026
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 Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 172.800 litres of liquor from a place near Narayanpur Darmaha road.
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 even alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitoiner Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.48691 of 2026(2) dt.16-07-2026
and he came to be implicated based on secret information which is the easiest way to implicate someone, without holding a proper investigation.
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 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 Madhuban P.S. Case No.193/2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. It is made clear that the learned trial court thereafter shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case, in that event, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his antecedent before this court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if on verification it is found that petitioner is a person with clean Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.48691 of 2026(2) dt.16-07-2026
antecedent, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
amit/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T