Sanju Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9790 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-228 Year-2023 Thana- PARANDABAR District- Nawada ====================================================== Sanju Devi W/O- Nandu Paswan R/O- Village- Devanpur, P.S.- Nawada, Dist.- Nawada.

... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Birendra Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Braj Kishore Pd., APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-02-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case in connection with Parnadabar P.S. Case No. 228 of 2023 dated 09.09.2023 for the offences punishable u/s 30(a), 41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 34 litres of illicit country made liquor was recovered from the two different motorcycles.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner is the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9790 of 2024(2) dt.23-02-2024 2/3 owner of the seized motorcycle. The said motorcycle was not being driven by the petitioner at the time of the alleged occurrence. The recovery was made from an open place that is accessible to anyone. The petitioner is a female and she has no concern with the alleged recovery. The petitioner has been made accused in this case because the petitioner is the owner of the seized motorcycle. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. Learned counsel has submitted that no case is made out against the petitioner. Learned Counsel has relied on the judgment of Full Bench of Hon'ble Patna High Court in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. State of Bihar 2019 (2) PLJR 1089. The Full Bench in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav (supra) has held that an application for anticipatory bail in a case arising out of Bihar Excise and Prohibition Act can be maintained, despite the bar under Section 76 (2) of the Act, if on the basis of allegation made in the FIR, no offence under the said provision is made out.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner by submitting that the bar of Section 76(2) of the Act applies in this case.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9790 of 2024(2) dt.23-02-2024 3/3 of the case as well as the material available on record, let the above named petitioner, in the event of her arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Nawada in connection with Parnadabar P.S. Case No. 228 of 2023, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) annpurna/- U T