Suman Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.81368 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-202 Year-2025 Thana- DUMRAO District- Buxar ====================================================== Suman Devi W/o Musafir Rai R/o Village- Lalganj Kadvi, PS- Dumraon, Distt. - Buxar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ajit Kumar, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Md. Anzarul Haque Sahara, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 27-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Dumraon P.S. Case No. 202/2025, instituted for the offences punishable under Section 30 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 28.09.2024, the police received secret information about illegal liquor selling by Suman Devi, and during the raid, they apprehended two men with a 15 litre bucket of country-made liquor while Suman Devi fled from the spot.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has got no concern with the alleged recovery of liquor. The petitioner is
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81368 of 2025(2) dt.27-11-2025 2/2 in custody since 29.09.2025 and has got five criminal antecedents. There is no compliance of Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.
7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Dumraon P.S. Case No. 202/2025, subject to the following conditions: (I) One of the bailors shall be own/close member of the family of the petitioner.
(II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed at the trial. In case of default in such appearance on two consecutive dates, the Trial Court will have liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) krishnakant/- U T