Patna High Court
CR. MISC./48713/2026 of Shivcharan Mahto Vs The State of Bihar on 16 July 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.48713 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-177 Year-2026 Thana- MADHAURAH District- Saran ====================================================== Shivcharan Mahto Son of Late Tarkeshwar Mahto Resident Of Village- Piyarpurba, Ps- Marhowrah,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.48713 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-177 Year-2026 Thana- MADHAURAH District- Saran ======================================================
Shivcharan Mahto Son of Late Tarkeshwar Mahto Resident Of Village- Piyarpurba, Ps- Marhowrah, Dist- Saran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr.Nalin Kumar
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Bishweshwar Ram
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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 offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 40 litres of liquor from a place near Bajit Bhorha Chawar.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and even the alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner and is accessible to public at large he came to be implicated at Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.48713 of 2026(2) dt.16-07-2026
the instance of Chowkidar with whom he is on an inimical term. It is next submitted that if Chowkidar was aware about the involvement of the petitioner in the occurrence, then why he did not inform the police prior to institution of the instant FIR, which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution.
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. 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 Madhowrah P.S. Case No. 177 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 one case then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.48713 of 2026(2) dt.16-07-2026
antecedent before this Court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but after verification if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of one case in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
Sumit/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T