Rocky Raj @ Rocky Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.16650 of 2026, order dated 06-04-2026, Justice Satyavrat Verma: provisional anticipatory bail granted to Rocky Raj @ Rocky Kumar in an excise case (Section 30(a), Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022; arising out of Uchakagaon P.S. Case No. 462 of 2025, District Gopalganj; counsel alleged 45 litres of liquor recovered from cowshed of Anup Yadav and implication via custodial confessional statement). Release conditioned on arrest/surrender within six weeks, bonds of Rs.500/- with two sureties, Section 438(2) Cr.P.C./482(2) B.N.S.S. conditions, and subsequent verification of clean criminal antecedents before confirmation. Keywords: anticipatory bail, excise offence, deemed possession, confessional statement in police custody, antecedent verification, provisional bail confirmation.
What did the court decide?
Provisional anticipatory bail: release upon arrest or surrender within six weeks on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.500/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Trial Court/Successor Court, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C./482(2) B.N.S.S. conditions; confirmation made contingent on the Trial Court verifying the petitioner's clean criminal antecedents.