Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: anticipatory bail; pre-arrest bail; Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act; Section 30(a); Section 76(2) statutory bar; maintainability; Hasanpur P.S. Case No. 106 of 2026; Thana Hasanpur; District Samastipur; recovery/seizure of 15 liters country made liquor; secret information raid; conscious possession; house recovery; criminal antecedent; Full Bench Patna High Court; Ram Vinay Yadav vs. State of Bihar; 2019 (2) PLJR 1089; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; Exclusive Special Judge-I Excise Samastipur; fortnightly police reporting six months; cancellation of bail bonds; Rajiv Roy, J; CR. MISC. No.39068 of 2026; dated 17-06-2026; petitioner Bittu Kumar; APP Rana Randhir Singh; advocates Shashank Shekhar Kunwar and Abhinav.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: release on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks of receipt of the order, on bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Judge – I, Excise, Samastipur, subject to conditions: (i) one bailor to be a family member/relative with official bona fide document; (ii) appearance before the Police Station as required for investigation; (iii) appearance on every Trial Court date, failure on two consecutive dates without plausible reason entailing cancellation of bail bond by the Trial Court; (iv) fortnightly reporting at the concerned police station for six months with certificate thereafter, failing which cancellation steps; (v) no inducement/threat to witnesses or tampering with evidence; (vi) desistance from fresh offences.