Akash Kumar Chandravanshi @ Akash Kumar @ Akash Chandrvanshi Vs The State of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29615 of 2026

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-243 Year-2025 Thana- NAVINAGAR District- Aurangabad

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Akash Kumar Chandravanshi @ Akash Kumar @ Akash Chandrvanshi S/o Bhola Chandravanshi R/o vill - Mangal Bazar, Navinagar, P.s. - Navinagar, Distt.- Aurangabad

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance :

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For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shailesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, APP

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

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2 05-05-2026

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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 Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of two cases under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 9 liters of liquor from Mangal market near water tank.

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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 even alleged recovery is from a place which does not belong to the petitioner

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29615 of 2026(2) dt.05-05-2026 2/3

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and is accessible to public at large and he came to be implicated based on secret information which is the easiest way to implicate someone. 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. 10000/- (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 Navinagar P.S. Case No. 243 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 two cases then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29615 of 2026(2) dt.05-05-2026 3/3

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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 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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Akash Kumar Chandravanshi @ Akash Kumar @ Akash Chandrvanshi v. The State of Bihar

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