Patna High CourtCR. MISC./45076/2025bail granted

Budhiya Devi v. The State Of Bihar

2025-07-17Mr. Justice Rajesh Kumar Verma4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45076 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-75 Year-2025 Thana- PATLIPUTRA District- Patna ====================================================== Budhiya Devi W/O Late Fagu Mahto R/O Rajapur Mainpura Gate No.-33, P.S.- Sri Krishna Puri, Dist.- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Prakash Ranjan Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anil Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 17-07-2025 Heard Mr.Prakash Ranjan Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Anil Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Patliputra P.S.Case No.75 of 2025,FIR dated 10.02.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 30(a),41(1) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2022.

3. Recovery is of 02 liters of foreign liquor.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has clean antecedent and she has falsely been implicated in the present case. It appears from the FIR as well as the seizure list that nothing has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner rather the recovery has been made from the so called Hut which was made upon the

2/4 Government land and altogether 02 liters of foreign liquor was recovered from the Hut in question. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation as alleged in the FIR is false and fabricated and the police has planted the same and shown the recovery has been made from the so called Hut of the petitioner. There is non-compliance with mandatory procedure prescribed for recovery under Section 100 of Cr.P.C./Section 103 of BNSS, 2023. No case, whatsoever, would be made out against the petitioner under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner referring the provision contained in Section 76(2) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act and submitted that the pre-arrest bail would not be maintainable.

6. This Court is aware of the decision of the Full Bench in the case of Ram Vinay Yadav Vs. State of Bihar reported in 2019 (2) PLJR 1089. Having regard to the law laid down in the aforesaid judgment and the submission advanced on behalf of the parties, this Court for the limited purpose of grant of anticipatory bail, is inclined to accept the submission of Counsel for the petitioner.

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7. Considering the aforesaid facts, petitioner has clean antecedent and nothing has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000 (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge Excise-I, Patna in connection with Patliputra P.S.Case No.

75 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/ Section 482(2) of BNSS, 2023 and with other following conditions:- (I) Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court and shall remain physically present as directed by the Court and on his/her absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his/her bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below. (II) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.

(III) And, further condition that the court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at

4/4 any stage, it is found that the petitioner has concealed his/her criminal antecedent, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.

(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) Nitesh/- U T