Rama Kumar @ Murgi Vs The State of Bihar

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47952 of 2026

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-290 Year-2026 Thana- MALSALAMI District- Patna

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Rama Kumar @ Murgi S/o Tilakdhari Sahani Resident of Village - Nuruddinganj Ghat, P.S. - Malsalami, District - Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Ms. Asha Kumari, A.P.P. ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

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2 16-07-2026

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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 offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of four cases under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 800 litres of liquor from a Scooty.

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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. It is further submitted that petitioner is not the owner of the seized vehicle and came to be implicated at the instance of the local person but then it is submitted that if the local person was aware of the involvement of the petitioner in the occurrence then why he did not inform

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47952 of 2026(2) dt.16-07-2026 2/3

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the police prior to the institution of the instant FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution. It is next submitted that once an accused is implicated in a case relating to excise the police start implicating mechanically either at the instance of the Chawkidar, local person, confessional statement or secret information without holding a proper investigation of the case.

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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.20,000/(Rupees Twenty 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 Malsalami P.S. Case No. 290 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 more than four cases, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47952 of 2026(2) dt.16-07-2026 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 has antecedent of only four cases 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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Rama Kumar @ Murgi v. The State of Bihar

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