Raja Ram Sahani @ Pandit Jee @ Raja Raman Sahani Vs The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38434 of 2026

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-72 Year-2026 Thana- HAYAGHAT District- Darbhanga

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Raja Ram Sahani @ Pandit Jee @ Raja Raman Sahani S/O Ramdev Chaudhary @ Ramdev Sahani Resident of village - Chhoti Manopur, P.SHaya Ghat, Dist- Darbhanga

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... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Kaushal Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Tarkeshwar Nath Thakur, A.P.P. ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

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2 18-06-2026

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and 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), 30(b) and 30(d) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 20 litres of liquor from the bank of Marni River.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that 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 is accessible to villagers at large. It is further submitted that

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38434 of 2026(2) dt.18-06-2026 2/3

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petitioner came to be implicated at the instance of the Chawkidar with whom he is on an inimical term. It is next submitted that if the Chawkidar was aware of the involvement of the petitioner in the occurrence then why he did not inform the police prior to the institution of the instant FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution.

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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 appearing on behalf of the petitioner, let the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) 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 Haya Ghat P.S. Case No. 72 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

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However, it is made clear that thereafter the learned Trial Court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38434 of 2026(2) dt.18-06-2026 3/3

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antecedent before this Court at para 3 of the anticipatory bail application in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if it is found on verification that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.

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(Satyavrat Verma, J)

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Kundan/-

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Raja Ram Sahani @ Pandit Jee @ Raja Raman Sahani v. The State Of Bihar

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