Priyanka Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59258 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-46 Year-2025 Thana- HARPUR District- Munger ====================================================== Priyanka Devi wife of Chandrashekhar Kumar Resident of Village - Dhauri, Ps- Tarapur, Dist- Munger ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Surya Narayan Sah, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ahmad Ali, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-09-2025 Heard Mr. Surya Narayan Sah, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. /Ahmad Ali, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Harpur P.S. Case No. 46 of 2025 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 30(a)/32 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, 28 litres of illicit liquor was recovered from a sack and a motorcycle bearing Registration No.BR08M6409 was also seized which was left by the accused persons after seeing the police party.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Admittedly, at the time of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59258 of 2025(2) dt.23-09-2025 2/3 the alleged seizure and recovery of illicit liquor, petitioner was not present and she has been made accused in this case, being the owner of the motorcycle, which was given by her to one of her villagers on the pretext that he is going to meet a doctor on the alleged day of occurrence and she had no idea that that the said villager was carrying liquor on the said motorcycle. Petitioner is a lady and has clean antecedent.

5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail.

6. Having considered the rival submissions made on behalf of the parties, as well as, having perused the allegation made in the FIR and also the fact that petitioner is having clean antecedent, I am of the opinion that petitioner has, prima facie, made out a case to be released on pre-arrest bail.

7. The petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned District Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Concerned Court where the case is pending in connection with Harpur P.S. Case No. 46 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59258 of 2025(2) dt.23-09-2025 3/3 the BNSS.

8. The learned District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner is involved in some other cases, as what has been stated in paragraph no.3 of the bail application, this order will automatically lose its force.

(Purnendu Singh, J) Sanjay/- U T