Sonu Paswan Vs The State of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24490 of 2026

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-374 Year-2025 Thana- Raghunathpur District- East Champaran

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Sonu Paswan Son of Sudish Paswan Resident of Village - Raghunathpur Mani Sthan, P.S. - Raghunathpur, Dist. - East Champaran.

... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocate Mr. Harsh Shashwat, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Ms. Asha Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

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2 20-04-2026

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and

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learned A.P.P. for the State.

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The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a) and 41(1) of the Bihar Excise Act.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of three cases under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 13.5 liters of liquor from a Scooty.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of the seized Scooty and came to be implicated at the instance of local villager, but then the name of the person who

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24490 of 2026(2) dt.20-04-2026 2/3

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disclosed the name of the petitioner is not disclosed in the FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution. It is also 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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Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

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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. 15000/- (Rupees Fifteen 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 Raghunathpur P.S. Case No. 374 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.

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It is made clear that thereafter the learned Trial Court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than three cases then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24490 of 2026(2) dt.20-04-2026 3/3

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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 three cases only, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

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(Satyavrat Verma, J)

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Rishabh/-

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