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2026 DAILYLAW 7239 (PAT)

Sunil Saw v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./24423/2026 · 2026-04-20

Satyavrat Verma

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24423 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-92 Year-2026 Thana- KAUWAKOL District- Nawada ====================================================== Sunil Saw S/o Rajo Saw R/o Vill - Rupabel, P.S - Garhi, Dist - Jamui ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Birendra Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Md. Nazir Ansari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 20-04-2026 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 30(d) 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 100 litres of liquor and 6000 litres of semi- prepared jawa mahua from a jungle area. 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 even alleged recovery is from a place, which does not belong to the petitioner and is accessible to public at large and he came to be implicated Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24423 of 2026(2) dt.20-04-2026 2/3 based on secret information, which is the easiest way to implicate someone without holding a proper investigation, when admittedly petitioner is a person with clean antecedent. It is next submitted that it appears that the police in order to save the real culprit falsely implicated the petitioner for ulterior reason. 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 Kawakole P. S. Case No.92 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.24423 of 2026(2) dt.20-04-2026 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