Sharwan Choudhary @ Sarwan Chaudhary v. The State of Bihar
Anticipatory bail – provisional grant – Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022, S.30(a)
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: anticipatory bail; provisional anticipatory bail; Section 30(a) Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act 2022; recovery of 83.175 litres of liquor; joint family property; deemed possession; presumed offender; Excise Act amendment 2018; informant not disclosed in FIR; bail bond Rs.500 with two sureties; Section 482(2) B.N.S.S. conditions; verification of criminal antecedents; concealment presumption; clean antecedent; Patna High Court Cr. Misc. No.88 of 2026; LNMU PS Case 262/2025; Darbhanga; Satyavrat Verma J; order dated 13-01-2026.
What did the court decide?
Provisional anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be released, upon arrest or surrender within six weeks, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.500/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the trial court dealing with University (L.N.M.U.) P.S. Case No.262/2025, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.; confirmation contingent on trial-court verification of criminal antecedents.