Shyamsundar Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5330 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-381 Year-2024 Thana- PUNPUN District- Patna ====================================================== Shyamsundar Devi S/O Omnath Manjhi @ Uma Nath Manjhi R/o - Alauddin Chak, P.S - Punpun, Distt- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ram Jiban Pd Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nand Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 31-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Punpun P.S. Case No. 381 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3.

The prosecution case, in short, is that 100 litres of country made liquor was recovered from Tempo. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged against him and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner has no knowledge and concern with the alleged recovery. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. It is submitted that petitioner is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5330 of 2025(2) dt.31-01-2025 2/2 neither the owner nor the driver of the seized tempo. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. There is no compliance of Section 103 of B.N.S.S. Other co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail passed by this Court vide order dated 24.01.2025 in Cr. Misc. No. 3570 of 2025.

5.

On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner. 6.

Considering the rival submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Punpun P.S. Case No. 381 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Raj Ranjan/- U T