Kanti Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.90275 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-669 Year-2024 Thana- ARA NAWADA District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Kanti Devi W/o Mukteshwar Singh R/o Village- Bakri Tola, Ghodpokhar, P.SUdwantnagar, District- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Diwakar, Advocate Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advocate Mr. Sumit Kumar, Advocate Ms. Priya Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bishweshwar Ram, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 09-01-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending his arrest in connection with Ara Nawada P.S. Case no. 669 of 2024 registered under section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

3. As per the prosecution case, on the motorcycle in question being stopped for search by the police personnel it is stated that the person driving the same managed to escape. On search, a total of 119 litres of country liquor was recovered.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner who is a lady having no criminal antecedent has been falsely implicated in the case only for the reason that she happens to be the registered owner of the vehicle in question.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.90275 of 2024(2) dt.09-01-2025 2/2 She was neither anywhere near the vehicle when the seizure was made nor the person alleged to be driving the vehicle.

5. The application for anticipatory bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegations against the petitioner in the F.I.R., the submissions made, the petitioner being a lady and having no criminal antecedent under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, it is directed that the petitioner, above named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Ara Nawada P.S. Case no. 669 of 2024 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Excise Court no.1, Bhojpur at Ara.

(Partha Sarthy, J) avinash/- U T