Parwati Devi @ Pawarti Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21833 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-96 Year-2024 Thana- Daudnagar Excise District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Parwati Devi @ Pawarti Devi, aged about 62 years, Female, Wife of Rampyare Yadav, Resident of village- Shankar Bigha, PS- Daudnagar, DistAurangabad ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Aman Vishal, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Nand Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-04-2025 Heard Mr. Aman Vishal, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Nand Kumar, learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Daudnagar Excise P.S. Case No. 96 / 2024 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 30(a), 30(c), 30(d) and 32(3) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, 120 litres of spirits, 4.485 litres of illicit foreign liquor and 2.4 litres of illicit country made liquor etc. were recovered from a poultry farm of co-accused Brajesh Kumar.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that petitioner is innocent and being the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21833 of 2025(2) dt.23-04-2025 2/3 mother of the co-accused Brajesh Kumar, she has been implicated in the present case. Though petitioner is registered owner of land where the said poultry farm is situated but the said poultry farm is managed and run by her son Brajesh Kumar. He further submitted that petitioner is a lady, aged about 62 years and she has no connection either with the seized spirits or liquor. Petitioner has clean antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail.
6. Considering the nature of allegation made against the petitioner and also the fact that petitioner is a lady and she is having clean antecedent, I am of the opinion that petitioner has, prima facie, made out a case to be released on pre-arrest bail.
7. The petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned District Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, Excise, Second Aurangabad (Bihar) in connection with Daudnagar Excise P.S. Case No. 96 / 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
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8. The learned District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner is involved in some other cases, as what has been stated in paragraph no.3 of the bail application, this order will automatically lose its force.
(Purnendu Singh, J) Sanjay/- U T