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2026 DAILYLAW 29587 (PAT)

Satish Kumar Tiwari @ Satish Kumar v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./57633/2026 · 2026-08-19

Satyavrat Verma

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57633 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-199 Year-2026 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Siwan ====================================================== Satish Kumar Tiwari @ Satish Kumar Son of Pramod Tiwari Resident of Village - Khaira, P.S.- Jaipur, District - Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sheo Kumar Prasad For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Tapeshwar Sharma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 19-08-2026 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 Sections 30(a) and 47 of the Excise Act. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of 68.730 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 he came to be implicated based on the fact that he is owner of the seized car. It is next submitted that no prudent person would use his own vehicle for committing a crime and thus, would create evidence Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57633 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 2/3 against himself and hence, would get implicated. It is further submitted that petitioner was completely unaware that Pappu Kumar would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged as he was also apprehended at the spot along with Vikash and Sanket. 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.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 ABP No.1027 of 2026 arising out of Siwan Sadar Excise P. S. Case No.199 of 2026, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. 7. The application stands allowed. 8. 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 even one case, then it Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57633 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 3/3 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 is a person with clean antecedent, in that event, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. vikash/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T