Gulabi Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25696 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-138 Year-2025 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Nawada ====================================================== Gulabi Devi, S/o- Late Lalo Choudhary @ Krishna Choudhary At- Chaprehut Ward no 10 PS- Nemdarganj, Dist- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Amit Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ahmad Ali, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 29-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Excise (Nawada) P.S. Case No. 138 of 2025 dated 03.03.2025 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) and 30 (c) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 35 litres of illicit country made liquor and 100 litres of Jawa Mahua Solution was recovered from the four gallon kept inside the joint house of the petitioner and the co-accused person.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25696 of 2025(2) dt.29-04-2025 2/2 this case. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged recovery. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The recovery has been made from the joint house of the petitioner and the co-accused person Babita Devi who is the mother-in-law of the petitioner. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 04.03.2025.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Nawada in connection with Excise (Nawada) P.S. Case No. 138 of 2025.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) khushbu/- U T