Parwati Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6020 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-494 Year-2023 Thana- JAMUI District- Jamui ====================================================== Parwati Devi, W/O Manoj Manhi R/O Village- Garsanda, P.S And Distt.- Jamui.

... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Amrendra Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sucheta Yadav ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 16-02-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 272 and 273 of the I.P.C. and Sections 37 and 30(a) of the Excise Act.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a woman and the allegation is of recovery of 05 litres of liquor from the house of the petitioner.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from her conscious possession. It is next submitted that one Ashok Yadav was selling liquor near the house of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6020 of 2024(2) dt.16-02-2024 2/2 petitioner and when he saw the police, it appears that he concealed the said liquor within the premises of the petitioner without her knowledge. It is next submitted that nothing has come during the course of investigation, which even remotely connect the petitioner with the offence except for the fact that petitioner is the owner of the house. It is also submitted that petitioner is not related to Ashok Yadav, nor she has any acquaintance with him.

5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on her 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 Exclusive Excise Court-1st, Jamui in connection with Jamui P. S. Case No.494 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T