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Suresh Lal v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC22 Jan 2026CR. MISC./89556/2025

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What is this about?

Patna High Court; Cr. Misc. No.89556 of 2025; Satyavrat Verma, J; 22-01-2026; anticipatory bail; provisional anticipatory bail; Bihar Excise Act Section 30(a); BNSS Section 482(2); Kutumba P.S. Case No. 135 of 2025; Aurangabad; 147 liters liquor recovery; motorcycle owner; son Vikash; bail bond Rs. 500; antecedent verification; clean antecedent confirmation.

What did the court decide?

Provisional anticipatory bail: petitioner to be released on bail bonds of Rs. 500/- with two sureties of the like amount each upon arrest or surrender before the learned Trial Court within six weeks, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS conditions; confirmation deferred pending verification of criminal antecedents. ¶20

Suresh Lal Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2026)

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, who apprehends arrest in Kutumba P.S. Case No. 135 of 2025 registered for offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act (alleged recovery of 147 liters of liquor from a motorcycle), should be released on anticipatory bail.

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Court's answer

Provisional anticipatory bail granted: the petitioner, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Trial Court within six weeks, is to be released on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 500/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

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Ratio / Principle

The learned Trial Court shall verify the petitioner's criminal antecedents; if antecedent of even one case is found, it will 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 establishes that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedents, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith.ratio¶23

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory bail - Provisional anticipatory bail granted to petitioner facing arrest under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act in Kutumba P.S. Case No. 135 of 2025 (District Aurangabad), where allegation is of recovery of 147 liters of liquor from a motorcycle of which he is stated to be the owner; petitioner to surrender/be arrested within six weeks and be released on bail bonds of Rs. 500/- with two like sureties, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS conditions; confirmation of the provisional order conditioned on Trial Court verification of criminal antecedents - concealment of even one prior case presumptively bars confirmation, while verified clean antecedents lead to confirmation forthwith.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.89556 of 2025

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-135 Year-2025 Thana- KUTUMBA District- Aurangabad

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Suresh Lal S/o Jagarnath Lal Sinduriya R/o vill- Deo Road, P.S.- Amba, Distt.- Aurangabad, Bihar

... ... 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. Aman Vishal, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Lakshmi Kant Sharma, APP ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

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2 22-01-2026

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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 offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise 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 147 liters of liquor from a motorcycle.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not apprehended 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.89556 of 2025(2) dt.22-01-2026 2/3

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create evidence against himself and hence would get implicated, it is also submitted that petitioner was completely unaware that his son, Vikash, would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged who was also apprehended from the spot and the police made Vikash confess the name of the petitioner.

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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 before the learned Trial Court 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 Kutumba P.S. Case No. 135 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.

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It is made clear that thereafter the learned Trial Court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89556 of 2025(2) dt.22-01-2026 3/3

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antecedent before this Court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but after verification if 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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Rishabh/-

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