Ranjana Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.40349 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-67 Year-2020 Thana- MATIYARIA District- West Champaran ====================================================== Ranjana Devi, W/O Anil Mahto, resident of Village- Nautanwa, P.S. - Gobardhana, Dist West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ram Kishun Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Pranav Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 02-07-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Excise Act.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a woman and allegation is of recovery of 03 litres of liquor from a motorcycle.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot, as such, nothing was recovered from her conscious possession and

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40349 of 2024(2) dt.02-07-2024 2/3 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 use her own vehicle for committing a crime and thus, would create evidence against herself and hence, would get implicated. It is further submitted that petitioner was completely unaware that Sunil Kumar Mahto would misuse the vehicle in the manner as alleged as she was also apprehended at the spot.

5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, abovenamed, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on her furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Excise Special Judge, Excise IInd, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Matiariya P. S. Case No.67 of 2020, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40349 of 2024(2) dt.02-07-2024 3/3 the Cr.P.C.

7. The application stands allowed.

8. It is made clear that the learned trial Court before accepting the 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, in that event, the present anticipatory bail application shall not be given effect to.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T