Anita Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52250 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-69 Year-2025 Thana- Bahoranpur District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Anita Devi W/o Brijbihari Yadav R/o vill - Damodarpur, P.S.- Bahoranpur, Distt.- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Amarendra Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 12-08-2025 Heard Learned Counsel for the petitioner and Learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Bahoranpur P.S. Case No.69 of 2025, for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.

3. As per the prosecution, the total recovery of 360 litres of illicit liquor have been alleged to be made from a motorcycle, which is the subject matter of the present case.

4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Counsel also submits that petitioner was not present on the spot and his name has been transpired only due to owner of the alleged vehicle. Counsel further submits that criminal antecedent of the petitioner is clean. He further submits that nothing has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. He

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52250 of 2025(2) dt.12-08-2025 2/2 further submits that the said motorcycle has been taken by relative of the petitioner of his personal use.

5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that criminal antecedent of the petitioner is clean.

6. As such, in the present facts and circumstances of this case, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 4 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand) as mentioned in Section 2(1)(d) of the BNSS, 2023 to the satisfaction of Exclusive Special Excise Judge-1, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Bahoranpur P.S. Case No.69 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down U/s 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023.

7. The Trial Court at the time of accepting the bail bond of the petitioner, shall verify the petitioner's criminal antecedents and if it is found that the petitioner has suppressed any fact regarding his/her criminal antecedents, he/she shall not be released on bail.

(Dr. Anshuman, J.) Prakashmani/- U T