Phulakeshwari Devi @ Fulakeshwari Kunwar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32264 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-68 Year-2026 Thana- Bikramganj Excise District- Rohtas ====================================================== Phulakeshwari Devi @ Fulakeshwari Kunwar Wife of Late Kameshwar Ram @Kameshwar Paswan Resident of Village- Rampur Bharetha, P.S.- Kachchawa, District- Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Satyendra Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 13-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. There is recovery of 2 litres country made liquor from the petitioner's motorcycle.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case being the owner of the motorcycle in question. The Petitioner is the mother of co-accused Mukesh Kumar, who was apprehended on the spot with a motorcycle carrying illicit liquor. Petitioner had no knowledge about carrying illicit liquor
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32264 of 2026(2) dt.13-05-2026 2/2 on her motorcycle. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent and she undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and the trial.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties and clean antecedent of the petitioner, who is a lady, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be 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 learned Special Judge, Excise-1, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Excise Case No. 703 of 2026, (Bikramganj) Excise P.S. Case No. 68 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) Harish/- U T