Reena Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63080 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-543 Year-2022 Thana- BARACHATTI District- Gaya ====================================================== REENA DEVI Wife of Late Pappu Chaudhary Resident of Village- Pariya, P.S.- Barachatti, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ajay Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Binod Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 29-11-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Excise Act.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a woman and allegation is of recovery of 3 litres of liquor from the house of petitioner.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot as such nothing was recovered from her conscious possession, it is next submitted that it has been specifically pleaded at Para-10 that house is a joint family property, as such it cannot be alleged
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63080 of 2022(2) dt.29-11-2022 2/2 with certainty that petitioner was aware that liquor was kept in the house.
Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Barachatti P.S. Case No. 543 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Shivam/- U T