Guddu Yadav @ Guddu Kumar v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC23 Sept 2025CR. MISC./61881/2025

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What is this about?

Keywords: anticipatory bail; Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act; Sections 30(a) and 37; recovery of 2.5 liters; Scorpio vehicle Reg. No. BR01FZ-9297; co-accused disclosure; false implication; criminal antecedents; Fatehpur P.S. Case No. 304 of 2025; District Gaya; Exclusive Special Excise Court No. 4, Gaya; section 482(2) B.N.S.S.; Criminal Miscellaneous No. 61881 of 2025; Patna High Court; decision date 23-09-2025; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; application allowed.

What did the court decide?

Anticipatory bail: release upon arrest or surrender within six weeks on bail bond of Rs. 10,000 each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of Exclusive Special Excise Court No. 4, Gaya in Fatehpur P.S. Case No. 304 of 2025, subject to conditions under section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. ¶¶25

Guddu Yadav @ Guddu Kumar Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether petitioner Guddu Yadav @ Guddu Kumar, apprehending arrest in Fatehpur P.S. Case No. 304 of 2025 (offences under Sections 30(a) and 37 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act), should be released on anticipatory bail.

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Court's answer

Petitioner to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000 (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of Exclusive Special Excise Court No. 4, Gaya in Fatehpur P.S. Case No. 304 of 2025.

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Ratio / Principle

The anticipatory bail is granted subject to the conditions laid down under section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Patna High Court (Alok Kumar Pandey, J.), by oral order dated 23-09-2025 in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 61881 of 2025, allowed an anticipatory bail application concerning Fatehpur P.S. Case No. 304 of 2025 (District Gaya), registered for offences under Sections 30(a) and 37 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act. The prosecution case rested on an alleged recovery of 2.5 liters from a Scorpio vehicle (Reg. No. BR01FZ-9297) and on the disclosure of an apprehended co-accused naming the petitioner, who was said to have fled the spot; counsel submitted the petitioner did not own the seized vehicle, that no incriminating article was recovered from him, and that his two known criminal antecedents were the basis of false implication. Considering the facts, arguments and material on record, the Court directed release in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks on bail bond of Rs. 10,000 (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of Exclusive Special Excise Court No. 4, Gaya, subject to the conditions laid down under section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. The application stood allowed.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.61881 of 2025

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-304 Year-2025 Thana- FATEHPUR District- Gaya

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Guddu Yadav @ Guddu Kumar S/O Narad Yadav @ Gur Sahay Prasad R/O Village- Bahera, P.S- Fatehpur, Distt.- Gaya.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Mrigendra Kumar, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Ms.Meena Singh, APP

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER

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2 23-09-2025

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

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A.P.P. for the State.

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Petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Fatehpur P.S. Case No. 304 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 37 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act.

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As per prosecution case, there is alleged recovery of 2.5 liters from the Scorpio vehicle bearing Reg. No. BR01FZ-9297. Apprehended co-accused Guddu Kumar disclosed the name of the petitioner who is said to have fled away from the place of occurrence.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged in the first information report and he has been falsely implicated

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.61881 of 2025(2) dt.23-09-2025 2/3

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in this case. Learned counsel orally submits that petitioner is not owner of the seized vehicle. Except disclosure of apprehended co-accused, there is nothing on record to connect the present petitioner with the alleged occurrence. No incriminating article has been recovered from possession of the petitioner. Petitioner bears criminal antecedent of two cases and because of having criminal antecedent he has been falsely implicated in the present case without any basis. In the light of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, no case is made out against the petitioner under the provisions of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

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The learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

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Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, argument advanced on behalf of both sides and also taking into consideration the material available on record, the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/(Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Exclusive Special Excise Court No. 4, Gaya in Fatehpur P.S. Case No. 304 of 2025,

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.61881 of 2025(2) dt.23-09-2025 3/3

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subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of

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the B.N.S.S.

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