Indu Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.51012 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -148 Year- 2016 Thana -DIGHWARA District- SARAN ====================================================== Indu Devi, W/o Late Baleshwar Choudhary, resident of Village- Sheetalpur Purani Bazar, P.S.- Dighwara, District- Saran. .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Tej Pratap Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar Jha, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER 29-11-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State.
Petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 26.08.2016 in connection with Dighwara P.S. Case No. 148 of 2016 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 272 and 273 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 47 of the Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016.
The prosecution case is that while the police party were on patrolling duty, they got secret information that the petitioner is indulged in selling illegal country made liquor. On raid, the police recovered 10 litres of Mahua wine and other utensils.
It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.51012 of 2016 (2) dt.29-11-2016 2/2 petitioner that she is innocent, has no criminal history and has been falsely implicated. It has further been submitted that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner.
However, learned A.P.P. for the State submits that the petitioner is named in the First Information Report, hence, opposes the prayer for bail.
Be that as it may, considering the facts and circumstances as also the period of custody, let the petitioner, above named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran in connection with Dighwara P.S. Case No. 148 of 2016.
(Nilu Agrawal, J.) Arjun/- U T