Sushila Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20707 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-53 Year-2025 Thana- RAMNAGAR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Sushila Devi Wife of Krishna Prasad @ Krishan Mahato Resident of Village - Dhangar Toli, Ram Nagar, Police Station - Ram Nagar, District - West Champaran.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Vijay Kr Singh No. 1, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Ajay Kumar No. 2, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-04-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per prosecution case, 14.895 litres illicit liquor has been recovered from the house of this petitioner.
4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of this petitioner and he is in no way connected with the aforesaid recovery.
5. On the other hand, learned APP appearing for the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20707 of 2025(2) dt.23-04-2025 2/2 State submits that petitioner is not entitled to the privilege of anticipatory bail in view of decision of the Full Bench of this Hon'ble Court rendered in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav vs. The State of Bihar reported in 2019(2) P.L.J.R. 1089 (F.B.). Petitioner has also got three criminal antecedents of similar nature.
6. Considering the aforesaid decision of this Court and fact that petitioner has got three criminal antecedents of similar nature, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to this petitioner is rejected.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T