Maya Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74490 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-511 Year-2022 Thana- SIKARPUR District- West Champaran ====================================================== MAYA DEVI W/o Vishwanath Manjhi @ Vishwanath Dhangad R/o VillageBhasurari, Dhangad Toli, P.S.- Shikarpur, Distt- West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Bimlesh Kumar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Rita Verma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 13-01-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

7 litres of country made liquor has been recovered from the spot. Allegation against the petitioner is that she threw the illicit liquor and fled away from the place of occurrence. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is submitted that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail application. It is further submitted that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74490 of 2022(2) dt.13-01-2023 2/3 Petitioner is agree to deposit a sum of Rs. 20,000/- (rupees twenty thousand) in the P.M. Cares Fund, bearing Account No.2121PM20202, IFSC Code: SBIN 0000691, SWIFT Code: SBININBB104, State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch, UPI ID: pmcares@sbi.

Taking into consideration the fact that there is no recovery from the conscious possession of the petitioner, let petitioner, above named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail 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 Exclusive Special Judge, Excise, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Shikarpur P.S. Case No.511 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as subject to the further conditions that:

(i) One of the bailors will be her own blood relative, preferably, father, mother, brother, sister and/or her husband. (ii) The petitioner shall not indulge herself in any similar offence till conclusion of the trial. The bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted by

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74490 of 2022(2) dt.13-01-2023 3/3 the learned court below on showing receipt of deposit of the aforesaid amount in the PM Cares Fund.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) S.KUMAR/- U T