Maro Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.84016 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-297 Year-2024 Thana- GOVINDPUR District- Nawada ====================================================== Maro Devi W/o- Yugal Chaudhary @ Jugal Chaudhary Resident of VillagePipra, P.S. Govindpur, District- Nawada, ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Man Mohan Kumar, Advocate For the State :
Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-03-2025 Heard learned counsels for the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 30(a) and 41 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. As per prosecution case, 1000 litres of illicit liquor has been recovered from the spot.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from conscious possession of this petitioner and she has falsely been implicated in this case merely on suspicion. The alleged recovery is from an open place, which is accessible to one and all.
5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.84016 of 2024(4) dt.20-03-2025 2/2 vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and submitted that huge quantity of illicit liquor has been recovered. It is further submitted that from perusal of the criminal antecedent report submitted by the Superintendent of Police, Nawada, it is apparent that the petitioner has tried to mislead the Court by pleading that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. As a matter of fact, petitioner has got one criminal antecedent.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, huge quantity of recovery and the fact that petitioner has tried to mislead the Court by suppressing the criminal antecedent, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is rejected. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T