Renu Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34246 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-90 Year-2022 Thana- AMBA District- Aurangabad ====================================================== RENU KUMARI Daughter of Dila Lal Resident of Village - Gulabjhari Naudiha Bazar, P.S- Naudiha, District- Palamu (Jhakhand). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Pramendra Kumar Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Md.Mustaque Alam, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 24-04-2023 Heard the parties.

Petitioner apprehends her arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2018.

Altogether 20 litres of Mahua country made liquor is said to have been recovered from the motorcycle of the petitioner and one person was apprehended on the spot.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is quite innocent and has not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR. Petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case at the instance of her enemies. Her name transpired in this case on the basis of ownership of the motorcycle but though she is owner of the motorcycle but on the alleged date, a co-villager, had taken her vehicle to take his wife for treatment. Petitioner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34246 of 2022(4) dt.24-04-2023 2/3 has neither been apprehended on the spot nor any incriminating article has been recovered from her conscious physical possession. She has no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent, as also mentioned in para-3 of the bail application.

Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.10,000.00/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee, Patna bearing Account No.1413010060836, IFSC PUNB0141320, Punjab National Bank, Bar Council Branch, Patna.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, named above, in the event of her arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below, where the case is pending/Successor court, in connection with Amba P.S. Case No.90 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C, as also the following conditions.

(1) That one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34246 of 2022(4) dt.24-04-2023 3/3 how he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner.

(2) The bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of anticipatory bail on the ground of misuse.

The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of Rs.10,000.00/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) in the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T