Chanda Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68783 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-84 Year-2025 Thana- SIWAIPATTI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Chanda Devi W/o Ajit Kumar Singh @ Ajeet Kumar R/o Village - Pakri Dayal, P.S - Pakri Dayal, District - East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar.
... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Nachiketa Jha, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Rajendra Prasad Nat, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 08-10-2025 Heard learned Advocate for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in connection with Siwaipatti P.S. Case No.84 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The police in course of patrolling intercepted a Nexon vehicle bearing registration no.BR-05AX-5963 and apprehended one person, who disclosed the name of his accomplice. In course of search, total, 103.680 lts. of Indian Made Foreign Liquor was recovered.
4. Learned Advocate for the petitioner contended that only on account of the petitioner being owner of the vehicle in question, her name has been implicated in this case. However,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68783 of 2025(2) dt.08-10-2025 2/3 the fact is otherwise, as the vehicle in question had already been sold in favour of one Ramgopal Prasad Kushwaha, who has also been made one of the accused in this case. To support the aforesaid contention, a duly notorised sale letter has been placed on record as Annexure-P/2. Moreover, the petitioner is a woman having fair antecedent and she undertakes that she will fully cooperate in the proceeding of the Court.
5. On the other hand, learned Advocate for the State vehemently opposed the bail application and submitted that use of the vehicle in the crime in question clearly suggests her complicity.
6. Having considered the submissions set forth by the learned Advocate for the respective parties and taking note of fact that the vehicle in question had already been sold to one of the co-accused persons much prior to the alleged occurrence, however, the registration of which could not be transferred in the District Transport Office, besides the fact that the petitioner is a woman having fair antecedent, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68783 of 2025(2) dt.08-10-2025 3/3 satisfaction of learned Exclusive Special Judge, Excise CourtIII, Muzaffarpur in connection with Siwaipatti P.S. Case No.84 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, with further condition that one of the bailors shall be the own/close family members of the petitioner. (Harish Kumar, J) rohit/- U T