Sakuntla Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.80117 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-274 Year-2024 Thana- PARSA District- Saran ====================================================== Sakuntla Devi W/O Santosh Kumar Singh Resident of Village- chak Jalaluddin Latrahiya, P.S.- Parsa, District- Saran at Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ajay Kumar Sharma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Dilip Kr. No. 1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 04-12-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Dilip Kr. No. 1, learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018.
3. Altogether 1.500 liters of foreign liquor is said to have been recovered from the vehicle of the petitioner. No person was apprehended on the spot.
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. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner. She has no concern either with the seized liquor or any trade of liquor. She was not
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80117 of 2024(2) dt.04-12-2024 2/3 apprehended on the spot and he has been made accused in this case only because she is the owner of the said vehicle. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para 3 of the bail application.
5. Petitioner is agreed to deposit a sum of Rs.5,000.00 (Rupees Five Thousand) in the account of Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna, bearing Account No.3332964762, IFSC Code: CBIN0282779, MICR Code: 800016018, Central Bank of India, Chitkohra Branch, Patna.
6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, 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 six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below, where the case is pending/Successor court, in connection with Parsa P.S. Case No.274 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of BNSS, 2023, with the following conditions:
(i) That one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80117 of 2024(2) dt.04-12-2024 3/3 inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner.
(ii) The bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate proceeding for cancellation of anticipatory bail on the ground of misuse.
7. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned Court below on showing receipt of deposit of aforesaid amount in the account of Mahavir Cancer Sansthan. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) priyanka/- U T