Girija Devi @ Girja Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36618 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-305 Year-2023 Thana- SIKARPUR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Girija Devi @ Girja Devi Wife Of Vinod Thakur Resident Of VillageMaheshpur Satawariya, Ps- Shikarpur, Distt- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 22-06-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a woman having clean antecedent and allegation is of recovery of six litres of liquor from a place behind the house of the petitioner kept in a gallon and ten litres liquor from the possession of apprehended accused Rajvanshi Manjhi. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from her conscious possession, it is next submitted that the alleged recovery is from a place which is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36618 of 2023(2) dt.22-06-2023 2/2 adjacent to petitioner's house and does not belong to her and she came to be implicated at the instance of Chowkidar with whom her husband is on an inimical term.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or 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. 5,000/- (Rupees 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 Shikarpur P.S. Case No. 305 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T