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Balraj Singh @ Bhuntun Singh v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC8 Apr 2026CR. MISC./22304/2026

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What is this about?

Anticipatory bail; provisional anticipatory bail; Section 30(a) Bihar Excise Act; Section 482(2) BNSS; verification of criminal antecedents; concealment of antecedents; Suppi P.S. Case No. 27 of 2026; Sitamarhi; recovery of 324 litres of liquor; implication at instance of Chowkidar; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; Patna High Court CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22304 of 2026; Satyavrat Verma.

What did the court decide?

Provisional anticipatory bail: release on arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within six weeks on bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS conditions; confirmation subject to trial-court verification of criminal antecedents. ¶19

Balraj Singh @ Bhuntun Singh Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Issue for consideration

Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner who apprehends arrest in Suppi P.S. Case No. 27 of 2026 registered for offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act. +1 more

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Court's answer

In the event of arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within six weeks, the petitioner is to be released on provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

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Ratio / Principle

The learned Trial Court shall verify the petitioner's criminal antecedent; if more than two cases are found, it would be presumed that the petitioner, for the purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his antecedent before this Court.

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Key takeaways

If verification finds the petitioner has antecedent of two cases, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith; if more than two cases are found, the provisional order shall not be confirmed.ratio¶22

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Patna High Court (Satyavrat Verma, J), by oral order dated 08-04-2026 in CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22304 of 2026, granted provisional anticipatory bail to Balraj Singh @ Bhuntun Singh, who apprehended arrest in Suppi P.S. Case No. 27 of 2026 (District Sitamarhi) for an offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act. On arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within six weeks, the petitioner is to be released on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. Confirmation was made contingent on the trial court verifying the petitioner's criminal antecedents: if more than two cases are found, the petitioner is presumed to have concealed his antecedents and the provisional order shall not be confirmed; if two cases are found, it shall be confirmed forthwith. Counsel had argued that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot, that the alleged recovery of 324 litres of liquor was from a bush not belonging to him, and that he was implicated at the instance of a Chowkidar with whom he was on inimical terms; the State's A.P.P. opposed the prayer.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22304 of 2026

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-27 Year-2026 Thana- SUPPI District- Sitamarhi

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Balraj Singh @ Bhuntun Singh Son of Sonelal Singh Resident of VillageMadhurapur (Sona Khan), P.S.- Suppi, District- Sitamarhi

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ashok Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Suresh Prasad Singh ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

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2 08-04-2026

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1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

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2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

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3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of two cases out of which one case is under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 324 litres of liquor from a bush.

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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 he came to be implicated at the instance of Chowkidar with

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22304 of 2026(2) dt.08-04-2026 2/3

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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. It is further submitted that once an accused is implicated in a case relating to excise, the police starts implicating mechanically either at the instance of Chowkidar, local person, confessional statement or secret information without holding a proper investigation.

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5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

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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. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten 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 Suppi P.S. Case No. 27 of 2026 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

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7. It is made clear that thereafter the learned Trial Court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22304 of 2026(2) dt.08-04-2026 3/3

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event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than two cases then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his 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 two cases in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

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(Satyavrat Verma, J)

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