Sunita Devi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.84607 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-337 Year-2025 Thana- MANJHI District- Saran ====================================================== Sunita Devi S/o Chhotelal Chaudhary @ Chotelal Chaudhary R/o VillManjhi, Kanchanpur, P.S.- Manjhi, Distt- Saran, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shweta Anand, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Arun Kumar Singh, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 17-12-2025 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Manjhi Police Station Case No. 337 of 2025, disclosing offences under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.
3. The prosecution case, in brief is that total 37.815 litres of illicit liquor, two gas cyclinder, two single gas stove, two aluminium tasla and two iron tin was recovered from the spot and was duly seized.
4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The name of the petitioner has come only on the basis of discloser made by Mahal Chaukidar. Nothing was recovered
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.84607 of 2025(2) dt.17-12-2025 2/2 from the conscious possession and/or premises belonging to the petitioner.
5. Regards being had to the submissions made on behalf of the parties and taking into consideration the fact that illicit liquor has not been recovered from the conscious possession and/or premises belonging to the petitioner, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail.
6. This application is, accordingly, allowed.
7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge Excise-2, Saran at Chapra, in connection with Manjhi Police Station Case No. 337 of 2025, subject to the condition laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) Siwani/- U T