Prithvi Raj v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CRL.M. No.13632 of 2025, oral order dated 14-05-2025 by Justice (Smt.) Soni Shrivastava: anticipatory bail allowed to Prithvi Raj in Agamkuan P.S. Case No.1092 of 2019 under Section 30(a) Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 (10.5 litres foreign liquor recovered from locked ancestral house); two similar criminal antecedents disclosed with petitioner on bail in both per supplementary affidavit; release on Rs. 10,000 bail bond plus two like sureties within four weeks of arrest or surrender, subject to S.438(2) CrPC / S.482(2) B.N.S.S., 2023 conditions, co-operation in investigation/trial, and Court-below verification of antecedents with cancellation of bond on concealment.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: release upon arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge Excise, Patna City, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) B.N.S.S., 2023 conditions and the further conditions of co-operation in investigation/trial and verification of criminal antecedents (cancellation steps on concealment).