IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27143 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-172 Year-2016 Thana- BAKHARI District- Begusarai ====================================================== Jaykant Sahu @ Jaykant Saw S/O Arjun Sahu @ Arjun Saw Resident of Village- Sohma, P.S- Bithan, District- Samastipur, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Prabhat Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Mushtaque Alam ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 23-04-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 47(a) and 57(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 231.825 litres of liquor from a pick up vehicle. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not named in the FIR and his name in the FIR transpired during the course of investigation based secret information but then petitioner was not aware of his implication in the instant case. It is further submitted that in the last month of 2025, when Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27143 of 2026(2) dt.23-04-2026 2/3 police knocked the door of the petitioner then he came to know that he has been implicated in the instant case. It is also submitted that till date process under sections 82 and 83 Cr.P.C. has not been issued. 4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 5. 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.5000/- (Rupees five thousand) 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 Bakhri P.S. Case No.172/2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. 6. 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 more than 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 has antecedent of one Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27143 of 2026(2) dt.23-04-2026 3/3 case, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. amit/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T