Hira Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56112 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-124 Year-2024 Thana- BABUBARHI District- Madhubani ====================================================== Hira Devi S/o Surendra Kumar @ Surendra Paswan Resident of Village - Bela, P.S. -Babubarahi, District - Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shailendra Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Rina Sinha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 02-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case instituted under Sections 272, 273 and 34 of the I.P.C. and Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. There is recovery of 22 litres of country made liquor from asbestos house of the petitioner. The petitioner is alleged to have fled away.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case due to dirty village politics. Petitioner is a lady. Petitioner was neither apprehended on the spot nor she has any concern with the seized liquor. The alleged recovery has been made from an abandoned house in which petitioner does not live. Nothing
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56112 of 2025(2) dt.02-09-2025 2/2 incriminating has been recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Petitioner undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and the trial.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner 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 Exclusive Special Judge, (Excise Court), Madhubani in connection with Babubarhi P.S. Case No.124 of 2024 corresponding to G.R. No.433 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482
(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) Harish/- U T