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Niraj Kumar Dhiraj @ Munna Singh v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC7 Aug 2026CR. MISC./54931/2026

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Patna High Court granted provisional anticipatory bail to the petitioner in a liquor smuggling case. Release is conditional upon arrest or surrender within six weeks, subject to verification of clean antecedents by the trial court and furnishing of bail bonds.

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Provisional anticipatory bail granted subject to appearance within six weeks and clean antecedents verified by the trial court.

Niraj Kumar Dhiraj @ Munna Singh Vs The State of Bihar — Bail and Remand | Patna HC (2026)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.54931 of 2026

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-195 Year-2023 Thana- HASPURA District- Aurangabad

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Niraj Kumar Dhiraj @ Munna Singh Son of Anil Kumar @ Anil Kumar singh Resident Of Village - Patharaur, Ps- Haspura, Dist- Aurangabad

... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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Appearance :

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For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Santosh Kumar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Nazir Ansari ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

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2 07-08-2026 1. 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 offence punishable under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 1053 litres of liquor from a truck.

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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 is not the owner of the seized vehicle and he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of apprehended accused in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value.

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Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.54931 of 2026(2) dt.07-08-2026 2/2

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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 Haspura P.S. Case No.195/2023, 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 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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Niraj Kumar Dhiraj @ Munna Singh v. The State of Bihar

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