Rekha Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51810 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-246 Year-2024 Thana- BIKRAMGANJ District- Rohtas ====================================================== Rekha Devi Wife of Santosh Giri @ Burhwa Giri R/Mohalla- Bikramganj, Anjabit Singh College, Gali -PS Bikramganj, Distt.- Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Babu Nandan Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Rabindra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 01-08-2024 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State, Mr. Rabindra Kumar.

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 the petitioner has antecedent of one case and is a woman and allegation is of recovery of 5 litres of liquor from a place near the house of the petitioner.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from her conscious possession and even alleged recovery is from a place which is accessible to public at large and does not belong to the petitioner. It is next submitted that she came to be implicated at the instance of Chowkidar with whom her husband is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51810 of 2024(2) dt.01-08-2024 2/2 on an inimical term.

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, 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 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 trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Bikramganj P.S. Case No. 246 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. 7.

It is made clear that the learned trial court before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner shall verify the criminal antecedents of the petitioner and in the event if it is found that the petitioner has antecedent of more than one case, in that event the present anticipatory bail order shall not be given effect to. (Satyavrat Verma, J) SUMIT/- U T