Arti Devi @ Puja Devi @ Arti Kumari v. The Union Of India
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13144 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-673 Year-2021 Thana- BETTIAH CITY District- West Champaran ====================================================== ARTI DEVI @ PUJA DEVI @ ARTI KUMARI W/o Ehsan Mian Resident of Village - Navranga Bag, Ward no.33, Bettiah, P.s.- Bettiah Town, Distt.- West Champaran.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1.
THE UNION OF INDIA Govt. of India 2.
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Dhurendra Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Md. Nazir Ansari, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 22-03-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
Let the defect(s), if any, be removed within a period of four weeks after complete start of the physical Court. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Bettiah Town P.S. Case No. 673 of 2021 instituted for the offences under Sections 272, 273 of the Indian Penal Code, Sections 20(b)(ii)(B), 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and Section 30(A) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 28.11.2021, is a person with clean antecedent, charge-sheet has been submitted and is a woman.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13144 of 2022(2) dt.22-03-2022 2/2 Allegation is of recovery of 3.780 litre of liquor and 400 gm of Ganja from the house of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner stayed in a joint family property and, as such, was not aware who had kept the liquor and Ganja in the house. It is also submitted that even presuming what has been alleged is true without admitting the same then the recovery of Ganja is much less than small quantity and this is the first offence of the petitioner.
Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner.
Considering the fact that the petitioner is in custody, is a person with clean antecedent and charge-sheet has been submitted and is a woman, let the petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned 2nd Additional Sessions Judge-cumSpecial Judge, Excise Act, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Bettiah Town P.S. Case No. 673 of 2021. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T