Patna High CourtCR. MISC./65569/2021bail granted

Bishekha Devi @ Vishekha Devi v. The State Of Bihar

2022-05-06Mr. Justice Rajiv Roy2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65569 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-163 Year-2021 Thana- HABIBPUR District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Bishekha Devi @ Vishekha Devi W/o Pappu Pandit Resident of VillageAliganj Uper Gangati, P.S.- Habibpur, District- Bhagalpur. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Davendra Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Md. Anbzarul Haque Sahara, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 06-05-2022 Heard counsel for the parties in Virtual Court Proceeding.

Let the defect(s), if any, as pointed out by the office, be removed within four weeks.

The petitioner is in judicial custody in connection with Habibpur P.S. Case No. 163 of 2021 under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018. The allegation as per the FIR is that the police raided the house of accused Pappu Pandit who after seeing the police fled away. The police entered the house of accused Pappu Pandit and seized 58.5 litres of foreign liquor. The lady in the house, who happens to be the wife of Pappu Pandit (the petitioner herein) was arrested and it is in this way she is in jail since 24.9.2021 (as stated in para-12 of the bail application).

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65569 of 2021(2) dt.06-05-2022 2/2 Considering the aforesaid facts that the police entered the house of Pappu Pandit and upon seizure arrested the lady, the petitioner herein who is in custody since 24.9.2021 having no criminal antecedent and the charge-sheet has already been submitted in the matter; this Court is inclined to grant her the privilege of bail.

Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-II-cum-Special Judge, Bhagalpur, in connection with Habibpur P.S. Case No. 163 of 2021.

(Rajiv Roy, J) Ravi/- U T