Vikash Kumar @ vikash Chaudhary@ Naga Chaudhary @ Naga v. The State of Bihar
Court: Patna High Court
Bench: MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
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Patna High Court judgment dated 2026-04-16. Vikash Kumar @ vikash Chaudhary@ Naga Chaudhary @ Naga v. The State of Bihar. Read the judgment and case details...
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 14663 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No. -1058 Year-2025 Thana- GAYA MUFASIL District- Gaya ====================================================== Vikash Kumar @ vikash Chaudhary@ Naga Chaudhary @ Naga Son of Ramavtar Chaudhary @ Bajrangi Chaudhary Resident of Village- Bhadeja, P. S. - Mufassil, District- Gaya Ji. At present Sherghat Mohalla Ward No. 16, P. S. - Sherghat, District- Gaya Ji ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Mrigendra Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ram Anurag Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 16-04-2026 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 offence punishable under Sections 30(a), (b), (c) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of two cases under the Excise Act and allegation is of recovery of 100 litres of liquor from two motorcycles along with 2000 litres of fermented Jawa Mahua, which was destroyed at the spot. It is next submitted that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession and is not the owner of any of the seized vehicle and he came to be implicated at the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 14663 of 2026(2) dt. 16-04-2026 2/3 instance of chowkidar with whom he is on an inimical term.
It is also submitted that if chowkidar was aware of the involvement of the petitioner in the occurrence then why he did not inform the police prior to institution of the instant FIR which casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution. 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. 10,000/- (Rupees ten 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 Muffasil P. S. Case No. 1058/2025, 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 two cases, 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 Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 14663 of 2026(2) dt. 16-04-2026 3/3 on verification it is found that petitioner has antecedent of two cases, in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. (Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T
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