Chandwa Devi @ Chandravanti Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28696 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-560 Year-2024 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Nawada ====================================================== Chandwa Devi @ Chandravanti Devi Wife of Mahendra Rajbanshi Resident of Village - Kutruchak, Police Station - Thali, District - Nawada. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Birendra Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Rita Verma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 07-05-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a), 47 and 44 of the Bihar Excise Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a woman and allegation is of recovery of 14.625 liters of liquor from possession of Tushar and 11 liters of liquor from a motorcycle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from her conscious possession and she came to be implicated based on the fact that she is owner of the seized motorcycle. It is next submitted that no prudent person would

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28696 of 2025(2) dt.07-05-2025 2/3 use her own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would create evidence against herself and hence would get implicated, it is also submitted that petitioner was completely unaware that Tushar would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged who was also apprehended from the spot.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on Provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 560 of 2024 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. It is made clear that the learned Trial Court after accepting the provisional anticipatory bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28696 of 2025(2) dt.07-05-2025 3/3 purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed her antecedent before this Court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail shall not be confirmed, but in the event if it is found that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent in that event the provisional anticipatory bail bonds shall be confirmed forthwith.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T