Munni Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24960 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-23 Year-2026 Thana- Mabby District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Munni Kumari Daughter of Mithilesh Thakur Resident of Village - Thomma, Ward No. 06, P.S.- Runnisaidpur, District - Sitamarhi (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Vinay Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Mritunjay Kumar Nirala, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 29-04-2026 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Mabbi P.S. Case No. 23 of 2026 registered on 05.02.2026 for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.

3. As per prosecution, total recovery of 351.600 liters of illicit liquor, loaded on a car, is the subject matter of the present case.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. It is contended that no recovery has been made from the conscious possession of the petitioner; rather, her implication in the present case is solely on the ground that the alleged recovery was effected from a vehicle registered in her name. Learned

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24960 of 2026(2) dt.29-04-2026 2/2 counsel further submits that although the vehicle in question continues to stand in the name of the petitioner, he had already sold the said vehicle to one Kumar Rakesh Yadav @ Raksh Yadav, who, in turn, sold it to Deepak Kumar on 24.02.2025; however, the ownership could not be formally transferred in the official records. It is also submitted that the petitioner has a clean criminal antecedent.

5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the antecedent of the petitioner is clean.

6. In the facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of ₹30000/- (thirty thousand) as mentioned in Section 2(1) (d) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to the satisfaction of the Exclusive Special Judge, Excise-I, Darbhanga, in connection with aforementioned case, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Dr. Anshuman, J) Ashwini/- U T