Patna High Court
CR. MISC./47921/2026 of Ankit Kumar Sharma @ Ankit Sharma @ Ankit Kumar Vs The State of Bihar on 16 July 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47921 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-169 Year-2026 Thana- BHELDI District- Saran ====================================================== 1. Ankit Kumar Sharma @ Ankit Sharma @ Ankit Kumar S/o Randhir Sharma R/o Village - Bariyarpur, PS -
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47921 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-169 Year-2026 Thana- BHELDI District- Saran
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1.
Ankit Kumar Sharma @ Ankit Sharma @ Ankit Kumar S/o Randhir Sharma R/o Village - Bariyarpur, PS - Bheldi, District - Saran
2.
Bhanu Sharma @ Bhanu Kumar S/o Suresh Sharma R/o Village - Bariyarpur, P.s - Bheldi, District - Saran
3.
Rupesh Kumar @ Rupesh Rai @ Rupesh Sharma @ Rupesh S/o Gauri Rai R/o Village - Jadavpur, P.S - Bheldi, District - Saran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Priyanshu Kumar Singh
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Md. Shakir Ahmad
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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 petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 25.560 litres of liquor from Dalan of Nitesh Rai.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners were not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from their conscious possession and even alleged Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47921 of 2026(2) dt.16-07-2026
recovery is from dalan of Nitesh, with whom petitioner has no concern or relation and they came to be implicated based on confessional statement of Nitesh 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 petitioners.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their 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) each 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 Bheldi P.S. Case No.169 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. It is made clear that thereafter the learned trial court thereafter shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioners and in the event if it is found that petitioners have antecedent of even one case, in that event, it would be presumed that petitioners had concealed their antecedent before this court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47921 of 2026(2) dt.16-07-2026
confirmed with if after verification it is found that petitioners are persons with clean antecedent, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.
amit/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T