Sujit Kumar @ Faram v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Cr. Misc. No.72318 of 2025, decided 07-01-2026 by Satyavrat Verma, J. Anticipatory bail under S. 482 B.N.S.S. in excise case under S. 30(a) Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Mufassil P.S. Case No. 488 of 2025, Gaya). Provisional anticipatory bail granted on bail-bond of Rs.30,000 with two like sureties, arrest/surrender within six weeks, subject to S. 482(2) B.N.S.S. conditions; confirmation conditional on trial-court verification of six claimed antecedents (four under Excise Act), failure of which invites presumption of concealment. Alleged recoveries: 91.26 litres from Azad Bigha, 10 litres from a Scooty; plea of no conscious possession, public place, mechanical implication, unnamed informant. Petitioner: Sujit Kumar @ Faram; State of Bihar represented by APP Pronoti Singh; counsel Sharda Nand Mishra. Application allowed.
What did the court decide?
Provisional anticipatory bail: release on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.30,000 with two sureties of the like amount each upon arrest or surrender within six weeks, subject to Section 482(2) B.N.S.S. conditions; confirmation made subject to trial-court verification of the petitioner's criminal antecedents.