Pushpa Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62652 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-518 Year-2025 Thana- BIHTA District- Patna ====================================================== Pushpa Devi W/o- Rajesh Kumar Prasad Resident of village- Deokuli Musepur PS- Bihta District-Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rana Ishwar Chandra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 24-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. The petitioner in this application prays for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending her arrest in connection with Bihta P.S. Case no. 518 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
3. As per the prosecution case, on a search being conducted 15 litres of liquor was recovered from the vehicle/scooty in question and coaccused Anuj Kumar was taken into custody.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. Neither the petitioner was arrested at the spot nor any incriminating article recovered from her possession or from her scooty. The
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62652 of 2025(2) dt.24-09-2025 2/2 cause of her false implication is that she happens to be the registered owner of the vehicle in question. She has no criminal antecedent and undertakes to cooperate in the investigation/trial.
5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegation in the F.I.R., no incriminating article having been recovered from the petitioner's possession and specially the petitioner not having any criminal antecedent, it is directed that the petitioner above named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Bihta P.S. Case no. 518 of 2025 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Excise Judge, Danapur.
(Partha Sarthy, J) Bibhash U T