Veena Devi @ Beena Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29275 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-8 Year-2026 Thana- SHIVAJINAGAR District- Samastipur ====================================================== Veena Devi @ Beena Devi Wife of Garib Mukhiya Resident of villageGhiwahi, Ward No.-13, Police Station- Shivajinagar, District- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Pramod Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Manoj Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 06-05-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. This application for grant of anticipatory bail arises out of Shivajinagar Police Station Case No. 08 of 2026, dated 19.01.2026, disclosing offence under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. That the prosecution case, in brief, is that on secret information regarding illegal manufacturing, storage and sale of liquor, the police conducted a raid at village Ghiwahi and during search, on secret information, the police reach at the house of petitioner, but all the accused persons were found absconding from the house. Upon search, total 15 litres of country-made liquor was recovered from the courtyard surrounded by straw

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29275 of 2026(2) dt.06-05-2026 2/3 situated in front of her house.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a lady and she has falsely been implicated in the present case due to oblique motive and village politics. The name of the petitioner has transpired on the basis of secret information. He next submits that illicit liquor has not been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner and/or from the premises belonging to her. Rather, illicit liquor has been recovered from courtyard surrounded with straw situated near in front of her house, which is an open space accessible to all and sundry. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent.

5. Regards being had to the submission made by the parties and taking into consideration the fact that the petitioner is a lady having no criminal antecedent and illicit liquor has not been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner, rather, the same has been recovered from an open space accessible to all and sundry, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail.

6. This application is, accordingly, allowed.

7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, be

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29275 of 2026(2) dt.06-05-2026 3/3 released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge Excise I, Samastipur, in connection with Shivajinagar Police Station Case No. 08 of 2026, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) ashwani/- U T