Priti Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10741 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-904 Year-2024 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Priti Kumari W/O Sujeet Kumar Resident of village- Kataia, P.S- Hariharganj, District- Palamu (Jharkhand) ... ... Petitioner/s

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Arvind Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Manoj Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 07-03-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending her arrest in connection with Excise P.S. Case no. 904 of 2024, registered under section 30(a), 32(3) and 45 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

3. As per the prosecution case, 9 litres of liquor was recovered from the motorcycle in question and the accused was taken into custody.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner who happens to be a lady has been falsely implicated in the case only for the reason that she happens to be the registered owner of the vehicle in question which was being driven by her brother. She has no criminal antecedent.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10741 of 2025(2) dt.07-03-2025 2/2

5. The application for anticipatory bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegations in the F.I.R, no incriminating article having been recovered from the petitioner's possession, the vehicle in question at the time of recovery being driven by the petitioner's brother and the petitioner not having any antecedent under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, it is directed that the petitioner above named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Excise P.S. Case no. 904 of 2024 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, Excise-II, Aurangabad. (Partha Sarthy, J) Shiv/- U T