Raj Kumar Rai v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted (provisional) by Patna High Court in Excise Act case under Section 30(a); alleged recovery of 198.2 litres of liquor including 144.2 litres from petitioner's joint-family house and seizure of motorcycle; arguments that deemed possession and presumed offender concepts done away with after amendment to the Excise Act, 2018; bail bond of Rs.500 with two like sureties on arrest or surrender within six weeks; conditions under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.; trial Court directed to verify criminal antecedents with confirmation of provisional bail only if clean antecedent found; Yadopur P.S. Case No.67 of 2026, District Gopalganj; Satyavrat Verma, J.
What did the court decide?
Provisional anticipatory bail: upon arrest or surrender within six weeks, release on bail-bonds of Rs.500 with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions, with confirmation dependent on verification of clean criminal antecedents by the trial Court.