Manju Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38357 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-158 Year-2026 Thana- RASULPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Manju Devi Wife of Late Dharmraj Ram Resident of Village - Rasulpur, Police Station - Rasulpur, District- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Mani Shankar Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Asha Devi, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 17-06-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

02. In the present case, the petitioner seeks bail in connection with t in connection with Rasulpur P.S. Case No. 158 of 2026 registered for the alleged offence under Sections 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act, 2016.

03. As per prosecution case, petitioner was apprehended with 10 liters of country made liquor when a raid was conducted on a tip off by the police that petitioner and other co-accused persons had been selling illicit liquor. From the bag left behind by the co-accused persons who fled away from the spot, further recovery of 40 liters of country made liquor was made.

04. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38357 of 2026(2) dt.17-06-2026 2/3 petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from person or possession of the petitioner. In fact, the recovery has been made from bushes beside a road near the field of one Mukhtar Singh. The petitioner has nothing to do with the said place from where the recovery has been shown. The petitioner is having clean antecedent and is in custody since 18.05.2026.

05. Learned APP for the State opposes the submission made on behalf of the petitioner.

06. Having regard to the facts and circumstances and submissions made on behalf of the parties and considering the nature of recovery and further considering the period of custody of the petitioner and her clean antecedent, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No. 2, Saran at Chapra/court concerned in connection with Rasulpur P.S. Case No. 158 of 2026, subject to the conditions mentioned in Section 480(3) of BNSS and the following conditions:

(i) One of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38357 of 2026(2) dt.17-06-2026 3/3 (ii) The petitioner will remain present on each and every date fixed by the court below.

(iii) In case of absence on three consecutive dates or in violation of the terms of the bail, the bail bond of the petitioner will be liable to be cancelled by the court concerned.

(Arun Kumar Jha, J) Ashish/- U T