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Babloo ram v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC23 Jul 2026CR. MISC./49864/2026

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Babloo ram v. The State of Bihar | CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49864 of 2026, Patna High Court, decided 23-07-2026, Satyavrat Verma, J | Anticipatory bail | Statutes: Section 30(a) Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act; Section 482(2) B.N.S.S. | Raghunathpur P.S. Case No.93/2026, East Champaran | 215 litres liquor recovered from e-rickshaw; co-accused Ashudeep | Relief: provisional anticipatory bail, Rs.500 bond with two like sureties, six-week window | Confirmation subject to clean-antecedent verification by trial court.

What did the court decide?

Provisional anticipatory bail upon arrest or surrender within six weeks, on bail bonds of Rs.500 with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., with confirmation contingent on trial-court verification of clean criminal antecedents.

Babloo ram Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2026)

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, apprehending arrest in Raghunathpur P.S. Case No.93/2026 registered for an offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, should be released on anticipatory bail.

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Court's answer

Provisional anticipatory bail granted: petitioner, in the event of his arrest or surrender within six weeks, to be released on bail bonds of Rs.500 with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the trial court where Raghunathpur P.S. Case No.93/2026 is pending, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

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Ratio / Principle

If verification by the trial court finds that the petitioner has an antecedent of even one case, it would be presumed that the petitioner concealed his antecedents before this court and the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed.

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Key takeaways

If verification shows the petitioner is a person with clean antecedents, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.ratio¶22

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory bail - Patna High Court (Satyavrat Verma, J) allows the application of Babloo Ram apprehending arrest in Raghunathpur P.S. Case No.93/2026 (East Champaran) under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, where the allegation is recovery of 215 litres of liquor from an e-rickshaw allegedly misused by co-accused Ashudeep, who was apprehended from the spot; petitioner, if arrested or surrendered within six weeks, to be released on provisional anticipatory bail on a bond of Rs.500 with two like sureties, subject to Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.; trial court to verify criminal antecedents - provisional order not to be confirmed if even one antecedent case is found (presumed concealment), to be confirmed forthwith if antecedents are verified clean.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49864 of 2026

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-93 Year-2026 Thana- Raghunathpur District- East Champaran

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Babloo ram S/o Shankar ram Resident of Village - Sirsa khap, P.S.- Muffasil Motihari, Dist.- East Champaran

... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Abhishek Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Ms. Sucheta Yadav ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

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2 23-07-2026

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

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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 Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 215 litres of liquor from an e-rickshaw.

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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 he came to be implicated based on the fact that he is owner of the seized vehicle. It is next submitted that no prudent person would use his own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49864 of 2026(2) dt.23-07-2026 2/3

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create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated. It is also submitted that the petitioner was completely unaware that Ashudeep would misuse his vehicle in the manner as alleged, who was also apprehended from the spot.

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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 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 Raghunathpur P.S. Case No.93/2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

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It is made clear that the learned trial court thereafter shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case, in that event, it would be presumed that petitioner had concealed his antecedent before this court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed but if

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49864 of 2026(2) dt.23-07-2026 3/3

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on verification it is found 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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Babloo ram v. The State of Bihar

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