Sunita Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32649 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-17 Year-2026 Thana- GADHPURA District- Begusarai ====================================================== Sunita Devi, aged about 37 years, (Female), W/O Late Dharmendra Chaudhary, R/O Village- Bhidhara, P.S.- Garhpura, District- Begusarai, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Akash Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Pradeep Narain Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 13-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Garhpura PS Case No.17 of 2026 dated 13.02.2026, instituted under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022.
3. The allegation is of recovery of 20 litres countrymade liquor kept behind the house of the petitioner.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that nothing has been recovered either from the conscious possession or from the house of the petitioner. The illicit liquor has been recovered from behind the house of the petitioner which is an open place accessible to all. Lastly, it is submitted that the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32649 of 2026(2) dt.13-05-2026 2/2 petitioner is a lady having clean antecedents.
5. Learned APP has opposed the prayer for bail.
6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Excise Judge-1, Begusarai, in Garhpura PS Case No.17 of 2026, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Khatim Reza, J) J. Alam/- U T