IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57748 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-240 Year-2026 Thana- AURANGABAD TOWN District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Manish Kumar @ Karanjit Kumar Singh Son of Kamlesh Singh @ Pagla Singh Resident of Village- Badki Bela, P.S.- Muffasil, District- Aurangabad ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ashok Kumar No.6 For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Veena Kumari Jaiswal ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 21-08-2026 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 30(a), 33 and 34 of the Bihar Excise Act. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and allegation is of recovery of 163.5 litres of liquor from an XUV 500 vehicle and 10 litres of liquor from rented house of Ujjwal. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of the seized vehicle nor he has any concern or relation with Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57748 of 2026(2) dt.21-08-2026 2/3 Ujjwal but then he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of Ujjwal in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 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 trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on Provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (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 Town P.S. Case No. 240 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. 7. 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 more than one case then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed his antecedent before this Court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but after verification if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of one case in that event the provisional anticipatory Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57748 of 2026(2) dt.21-08-2026 3/3 bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. Sumit/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T