IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59935 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-20 Year-2026 Thana- Karnamepur District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Sanjeet Ray @ Sadhu Rai, S/O Upendra Ray Resident of Village- Ojhwalia, P.S.- Karnamepur, District- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Raju Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Raj Kishor Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 21-08-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of three cases and allegation is of recovery of 51.84 litres of liquor from a car. 4. The 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 car and he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of Akhilesh Kumar in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59935 of 2026(2) dt.21-08-2026 2/3 5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application. 6. 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 Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on provisional anticipatory bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen 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 Karnamepur P. S. Case No.20 of 2026, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. 7. The application stands allowed. 8. It is made clear that the learned trial Court after accepting the provisional bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event, if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of more than three cases, then it would be presumed that petitioner for the purposes of obtaining anticipatory bail had concealed his antecedent before this Court, in that event, the present provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but if on verification, it is found that petitioner has antecedent of three cases only, in that event, Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59935 of 2026(2) dt.21-08-2026 3/3 the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. vikash/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T