Patna High CourtCR. MISC./66857/2024bail granted

Sonu Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

2024-09-23Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66857 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-832 Year-2024 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Purnia ====================================================== Sonu Kumari W/O Late Sudesh Yadav Resident of Jalalgarh ward no.- 13, P.S -Jalalgarh, District- Purnea ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Md Fazle Karim, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Khurshid Anwar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-09-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 832 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 193.060 litres of illicit foreign liquor was recovered from the Car.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is a lady. The petitioner is not the owner of the said seized vehicle and the same was not being driven by him at the time of the alleged recovery. The petitioner has no

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66857 of 2024(2) dt.23-09-2024 2/2 concern with the alleged recovery. The name of the petitioner has transpired merely on the basis of being a co-passenger of the said Car. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 14.08.2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the nature of allegation levelled against the petitioner and the period of custody, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Purnea in connection with Excise P.S. Case No. 832 of 2024.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Jyoti/- U T