Tamanna Parween v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37909 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-210 Year-2026 Thana- ARARIA District- Araria ====================================================== Tamanna Parween D/o- Ibrahim, W/o- Rahim R/v- Gaiyari, ward no. 13, P.SAraria Dist- Araria ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Aman Vishal, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Suresh Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 17-06-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a woman and allegation is of recovery of 2 liters codeine cough syrup from a Scooty.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from her conscious possession and she came to be implicated based on the fact that she is owner of the seized vehicle. It is next submitted that no prudent person would use
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37909 of 2026(2) dt.17-06-2026 2/3 her own vehicle for committing an occurrence and thus would create evidence against herself and hence would get implicated, it is further submitted that during the course of investigation, the witnesses have disclosed the name of her husband who fled from the place of occurrence. It is next submitted that it is not the case of the prosecution that they saw a woman fleeing from the place of occurrence.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and taking into consideration the fact that petitioner is a woman and the FIR does not disclose that a woman was seen fleeing from the place of occurrence, the petitioner above-named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Trial Court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on Provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Araria Town P.S. Case No. 210 of 2026 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.
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7. It is made clear that thereafter the learned Trial Court shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that petitioner has antecedent of even one case then it would be presumed that petitioner, for the purposes of seeking anticipatory bail, had concealed her antecedent before this Court, as such, the provisional anticipatory bail order shall not be confirmed, but after verification if it is found that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent in that event the provisional anticipatory bail order shall be confirmed forthwith. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T