Kavita Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15268 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-487 Year-2024 Thana- BELAGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== Kavita Devi W/O Nagendra Choudhary R/O Village - Kanchanpur, P.SNarari Kalakhurd, Dist.- Aurangabad (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Digamber Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Pawan Kumar Chaurasia, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-03-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State .
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 317 (5) of BNS and 25 (1-b)/a/26/35 and 25 of Arms Act.
3 . The prosecution case in brief, is that informant along with other police officials conducted a raid in the house of co-accused Anuj Chaudhary in Manikpur village . During raid, police seized a significant cache of illegal weapons, including multiple double barrel guns, pistols, ammunition and cash of Rs. 3,74,500/- from the spot and meanwhile two co-accused persons
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15268 of 2025(2) dt.19-03-2025 2/3 were apprehended on the spot who disclosed the name of this petitioner and others. It is further alleged that this petitioner along with other co-accused persons are alleged to be involved in the business of arms and ammunition .
4. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that this petitioner has been made accused in this case only on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused who was apprehended on the spot. Except confessional statement, there is nothing on record to substantiate the involvement of this petitioner in the present case . No incriminating articles has been recovered from the possession of this petitioner. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.
5 . Learned counsel for the State opposed the bail petition .
6 Considering the aforesaid facts, clean antecedent of the petitioner and other circumstances of the case , in the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioner, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate Gaya in connection with Belaganj P.S. Case No. 487 of 2024 , subject to the conditions laid down under
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15268 of 2025(2) dt.19-03-2025 3/3 section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 .
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T