Rupa Kumari v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18287 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-803 Year-2024 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Nawada ====================================================== RUPA KUMARI WIFE OF VIKASH KUMAR RESIDENT OF VILLAGE - RATANPUR, P.O. - J.B. KANDUA, P.S. - SIRDALA, DISTRICT - NAWADA ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Chandra Shekhar Anand, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 15-04-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. The petitioner in this application prays for bail apprehending her arrest in connection with Nawada Excise P.S. Case no.803 of 2024 registered for the offence punishable under sections 30(a) and 47 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
3. As per the prosecution case, on search being conducted, it is stated that the accused riding the motorcycle made an attempt to escape after abandoning the vehicle. On search, 31.5 litres of country liquor was recovered.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case only for the reason that she happens to be the registered owner of the vehicle
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18287 of 2025(2) dt.15-04-2025 2/2 in question. No incriminating article has been recovered from her possession. She has no criminal antecedent. She undertakes to cooperate in the case/trial.
5. The application for 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 FIR, no incriminating article having been recovered from the petitioner's possession, the petitioner having been implicated in the case for the reason of her being the registered owner of the vehicle from which the alleged seizure has taken place together with 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 Nawada Excise P.S. Case no.803 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, Exclusive Special Excise Court-2, Nawada.
(Partha Sarthy, J) Saurabh/- U T