Patna High Court – Orders
Priti Kumari vs The State Of Bihar on 7 March, 2025
Author: Partha Sarthy
Bench: Partha Sarthy
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10741 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-904 Year-2024 Thana- Excise P.S. District- Aurangabad
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Priti Kumari W/O Sujeet Kumar Resident of village- Kataia, P.S- Hariharganj,
District- Palamu (Jharkhand)
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Arvind Kumar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY
ORAL ORDER
2 07-03-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for
grant of anticipatory bail apprehending her arrest in connection
with Excise P.S. Case no. 904 of 2024, registered under section
30(a), 32(3) and 45 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act,
2016.
3. As per the prosecution case, 9 litres of liquor was
recovered from the motorcycle in question and the accused was
taken into custody.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
petitioner who happens to be a lady has been falsely implicated
in the case only for the reason that she happens to be the
registered owner of the vehicle in question which was being
driven by her brother. She has no criminal antecedent.
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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 in the F.I.R, no
incriminating article having been recovered from the petitioner’s
possession, the vehicle in question at the time of recovery being
driven by the petitioner’s brother and the petitioner not having
any 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 Excise P.S. Case no. 904 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 Special Judge, Excise-II, Aurangabad.
(Partha Sarthy, J)
Shiv/-
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