Lalki Devi @ Kalawati Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76479 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-270 Year-2024 Thana- BUXAR MUFFSIL District- Buxar ====================================================== Lalki Devi @ Kalawati Devi w/o - Late Anant Bind R/o vill and Post - Akhauripur Gola, P.s. - Buxar (Muffasil), Distt. - Buxar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Dimpal Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Dilip Kr. No. 1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 18-11-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Dilip Kr. No. 1, learned APP for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends her arrest in connection with Buxar (Muffasil) P.S. Case No.270 of 2024, registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022.

3.

Altogether 5.600 litres of illicit country made red line liquor is said to have been recovered from the house of the petitioner.

4.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. She has been falsely implicated in this case due to dirty village politics. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner. She has no

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76479 of 2024(2) dt.18-11-2024 2/2 concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. Nobody was apprehended on the spot and the name of the petitioner transpired on the disclosure made by chowkidar and nearby people. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para 3 of the bail application.

5.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and considering that illicit liquor is said to have been recovered from the courtyard of the petitioner, I am not inclined to enlarge her on anticipatory bail. The prayer for grant of bail on behalf of the petitioner is hereby rejected.

6.

Accordingly, this application is dismissed.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) priyanka/- U T